Tijdschrift voor entomologie . 1980); I observed this species in Reading, Great Britain, in September1978, ovipositing in a freshly cut stump of (?) Fraxinus. In my collection I have also a femalefrom Hungary (leg. Gijswijt). — Head about times as broad as long craterus (Walker, 1835) OOL : POL : LOL = 7 : 14 : 6; head completely reticulate coriaceous. Mesoscutum longi-tudinally coriaceous; midlobe between notauli touching scutellum but not continued as akeel; scutellum protruding anteriorly, armed posteriorly with a short spine; propodeal cari-nae fused, its top divided in two overhanging
Tijdschrift voor entomologie . 1980); I observed this species in Reading, Great Britain, in September1978, ovipositing in a freshly cut stump of (?) Fraxinus. In my collection I have also a femalefrom Hungary (leg. Gijswijt). — Head about times as broad as long craterus (Walker, 1835) OOL : POL : LOL = 7 : 14 : 6; head completely reticulate coriaceous. Mesoscutum longi-tudinally coriaceous; midlobe between notauli touching scutellum but not continued as akeel; scutellum protruding anteriorly, armed posteriorly with a short spine; propodeal cari-nae fused, its top divided in two overhanging membraneous strips which are curved downapically. Metasoma times as long as mesosoma, T2 at its widest point about as wide ashigh; Tl haired dorso-laterally, these hairs not extending to T2; T2 completely smooth; T3—T6 with microsculpture. Black species. Antennae entirely dark brown. Legs reddish brown,femora darker. Length female mm (figs. 63a—63e). 206 Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, deel 127, afl. 9,1984 (1985). Figs. 59—63. a, antenna; b, head (dorsal view); c. scutellum (lateral view); d, metasoma (dorsal view); e, meta-soma (lateral view). 59a—d, Synopeas larides (paralectotype no. 211 in NMI); 60a—d, S. trebius (lectotype);61a—d, S. velutinus (lectotype); 62a—e, S. jasius (lectotype); 63a—e, 5. craterus (paralectotype no. 185 in NMI). Vlug: Types of Platygastndae 207 Remarks. — Synopeas mamertes Kleffer, 1926, (syn. nov.) is conspecific with 5. craterus(Walker). (See figs. 64a—64e). — Head times as broad as long abans (Walker, 1835) OOL : POL : LOL = 3:18:5; A4 conspicuously widened; head coriaceous. Mesoscutumlongitudinally coriaceous; midlobe between notauli not prolonged and not touching scutel-lum; scutellum triangular with a short spine; keels of propodeum fused and in lateral viewstraight. Junction of Tl and T2 densely haired; T2 smooth, except for some superficial mi-crosculpture posteriorly; T3—T7 with microsculpture, T6 with
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