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Broad, Gavin R.
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contents <p><b><i>Xylonomus investigator</i> Smith, 1874</b></p><p>(Figure 31)</p><p><i>Taxonomic history.</i> Townes et al. (1960) transferred this species to <i>Xorides</i> Latreille, 1809.</p><p><i>Current taxonomy.</i> <i>Xorides investigator</i> (Smith, 1874) (Ichneumonidae: Xoridinae).</p><p><i>Type number.</i> Type 3b.699. Specimen # NHMUK010881026</p><p><i>Type status.</i> Holotype.</p><p><i>Sex.</i> Female.</p><p><i>Type locality.</i> Hyôgo Prefecture, Honshû, Japan.</p><p><i>Label data.</i> First label, ‘ Type /CM’ (round label, with red margin; first line printed and second line handwriting); second label, ‘B.M. TYPE /HYM./3.b.699.’ (square label; first and second lines printed and third line handwriting); third label, ‘ Xylonomus /investigator/ Type Smith.’ (square label; handwriting).</p><p><i>Condition.</i> Good, but the right fore wing is attached only by the hamuli to the hind wing, and the following parts are missing: right antenna after the 15th flagellomere, left antenna after the 17th flagellomere, and the left mid tarsus.</p><p><b>Walker’s 1874 types</b></p><p>Francis Walker described 14 species of Ichneumonidae and six of Braconidae from Japan. Walker’s types are generally not in good condition: his specimens are mounted with the ventral side glued onto a large piece of card, and they are generally extensively covered in glue, so many important characters are difficult or impossible to examine. In most cases, the antennae, legs, and wings are broken and/or lost.</p><p>Morley (1913b) reviewed Walker’s Japanese types, although with characteristic lack of taxonomic rigour. Dr Toichi Uchida subsequently revised them (Uchida 1940b), but his paper contained brief taxonomic notes without any illustrations.</p>
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spellingShingle Xylonomus investigator Smith 1874
Shimizu, So
Broad, Gavin R.
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Xylonomus
Xylonomus investigator
<p><b><i>Xylonomus investigator</i> Smith, 1874</b></p><p>(Figure 31)</p><p><i>Taxonomic history.</i> Townes et al. (1960) transferred this species to <i>Xorides</i> Latreille, 1809.</p><p><i>Current taxonomy.</i> <i>Xorides investigator</i> (Smith, 1874) (Ichneumonidae: Xoridinae).</p><p><i>Type number.</i> Type 3b.699. Specimen # NHMUK010881026</p><p><i>Type status.</i> Holotype.</p><p><i>Sex.</i> Female.</p><p><i>Type locality.</i> Hyôgo Prefecture, Honshû, Japan.</p><p><i>Label data.</i> First label, ‘ Type /CM’ (round label, with red margin; first line printed and second line handwriting); second label, ‘B.M. TYPE /HYM./3.b.699.’ (square label; first and second lines printed and third line handwriting); third label, ‘ Xylonomus /investigator/ Type Smith.’ (square label; handwriting).</p><p><i>Condition.</i> Good, but the right fore wing is attached only by the hamuli to the hind wing, and the following parts are missing: right antenna after the 15th flagellomere, left antenna after the 17th flagellomere, and the left mid tarsus.</p><p><b>Walker’s 1874 types</b></p><p>Francis Walker described 14 species of Ichneumonidae and six of Braconidae from Japan. Walker’s types are generally not in good condition: his specimens are mounted with the ventral side glued onto a large piece of card, and they are generally extensively covered in glue, so many important characters are difficult or impossible to examine. In most cases, the antennae, legs, and wings are broken and/or lost.</p><p>Morley (1913b) reviewed Walker’s Japanese types, although with characteristic lack of taxonomic rigour. Dr Toichi Uchida subsequently revised them (Uchida 1940b), but his paper contained brief taxonomic notes without any illustrations.</p>
title Xylonomus investigator Smith 1874
topic Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Xylonomus
Xylonomus investigator
url https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4340128