Hemilexis latipennis Ashmead in Riley, Ashmead & Howard, 1894: 244 .

Valid name

Entomacis latipennis (Ashmead in Riley, Ashmead & Howard, 1894) .

Summary of types

Holotype ♂, BMNH number 9.687, by monotypy.

Primary type data

1500 feet; St. Vincent / W. I./ H. H. Smith; Type / H. T.; Hemilexis / latipennis/ ♂ Type Ashm./ unique; type lost and/ and absolutely no fragments in/ the drawer/ N.D. M. F. 23-iii- 1977.

Type locality

West Indies, St Vincent.

Remarks

Only the mount and labels of the holotype remain. It has been missing since before 1965 (Masner 1965). On the basis of Ashmead’s description there is no doubt that this species belongs to the genus Entomacis .