Rediscovery and redescription of the holotype of Stephanus (Distephanus) [sic!] athesinus Biegeleben, 1929, with comments on its identity and new distributional data for Megischus anomalipes (Förster, 1855) (Hymenoptera, Stephanidae)

Davide Dal Pos1ORCID icon;Fabrizio Turrisi2ORCID icon

  1. c/o Museo di Storia Naturale di Venezia, Santa Croce 1730, 30135, Venezia, Italy
  2. Via Cristoforo Colombo 8, 95030, Pedara, Catania, Italy

Abstract

The rediscovery of the holotype of Stephanus (Distephanus) [sic!] athesinus Biegeleben, 1929, preserved in the collections of the Museo di Storia Naturale, Venice (Italy), is recorded together with a redescription and a comment on its taxonomic identity. Therefore, its synonymy with Megischus anomalipes (Förster, 1855) is confirmed. New distributional data for M. anomalipes is provided: it is recorded for the first time from the Italian regions of Veneto, Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany and Basilicata, and newly recorded from Greece

Journal: Lavori - Società Veneziana di Scienze Naturali

Volume: 42

Pages: 5-14