Tauber Catherine A, Immons Zoë, Tauber Agatha J
Department of Entomology, Comstock Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA University of California Davis United States of America.
Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA Cornell University Ithaca United States of America.
Zookeys. 2019 Feb 11(823):1-126. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.823.30231. eCollection 2019.
The Hope Entomological Collection in the Oxford University Museum of Natural History holds a large and diverse array of historically valuable type specimens for species in the superorder Neuropterida (Megaloptera, Neuroptera, and Raphidioptera). Most are from the mid-1800s (1823-1874). Here, we report each type found during a rigorous search of the collection, and we confirm the identity and status of each type with bibliographic, specimen, and label data. Images, current nomenclatural information, and references for name changes are provided for each species. We identified primary or secondary types for 76 species in seven families of Neuroptera, primary and secondary types for one species of Raphidoptera (Raphidiidae), and secondary types for three species of Megaloptera (Corydalidae). Among the Neuroptera, we found primary types for 26 species of Mantispidae, 16 species of Myrmeleontidae, 11 species of Ascalaphidae, seven species of Nemopteridae, five species of Chrysopidae, and one species each of Coniopterygidae and Hemerobiidae. Types for only two species that were reported to be in the collection were not found. To help stabilize the nomenclature, we made new lectotype designations for the following six species in the Hope Collection: McLachlan, 1871; Westwood, 1867; Westwood, 1867; Westwood, 1852; Rambur, 1842; and Westwood, 1847. We also made new lectotype designations for two species in the Natural History Museum in London: Westwood, 1852, and Westwood, 1852. In several other cases, holotype determinations in the literature were recognized as lectotype designations. Finally, to correct an important error in the literature, we reinstated the synonymization of Walker, 1853, Walker, 1853, and Walker, 1853 under Walker, 1853.
牛津大学自然历史博物馆的霍普昆虫学收藏馆保存了大量种类繁多、具有历史价值的脉翅总目（广翅目、脉翅目和蛇蛉目）物种模式标本。大多数标本来自19世纪中叶（1823 - 1874年）。在此，我们报告在对该收藏馆进行严格检索过程中发现的每一份模式标本，并通过文献、标本和标签数据确认每份模式标本的身份和状态。为每个物种提供了图片、当前的命名信息以及名称变更的参考文献。我们确定了脉翅目七个科中76个物种的主模式或次模式标本，蛇蛉目（蛇蛉科）一个物种的主模式和次模式标本，以及广翅目（齿蛉科）三个物种的次模式标本。在脉翅目中，我们发现螳蛉科26个物种的主模式标本、蚁蛉科16个物种的主模式标本、蝶角蛉科11个物种的主模式标本、旌蛉科7个物种的主模式标本、草蛉科5个物种的主模式标本，以及粉蛉科和褐蛉科各1个物种的主模式标本。在该收藏馆中仅未找到文献报道的两个物种的模式标本。为帮助稳定命名法，我们对霍普收藏馆中的以下六个物种进行了新的选模指定：麦克拉克伦，1871年；韦斯特伍德，1867年；韦斯特伍德，1867年；韦斯特伍德，1852年；兰布尔，1842年；以及韦斯特伍德，1847年。我们还对伦敦自然历史博物馆中的两个物种进行了新的选模指定：韦斯特伍德，1852年，以及韦斯特伍德，1852年。在其他几个案例中，文献中的正模标本认定被视为选模指定。最后，为纠正文献中的一个重要错误，我们恢复了沃克，1853年，沃克，1853年，以及沃克，1853年在沃克，1853年之下的同义关系。
