Synopeas rochai, Ashmead, 1908

Tavares, Marcelo T., Perioto, Nelson W., Lara, Rogéria I. R., Wengrat, Ana P. G. S., Shimbori, Eduardo M. & Fernandes, Daniell R. R., 2024, On the unavailability of species and genera names of parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Ichneumonoidea, Platygastroidea) attributed to William H. Ashmead, Zoologia (e 23105) 41, pp. 1-6 : 4

Rochai Ashmead, 1908 nomen nudum

Rochai Ashmead, 1908 (in Rocha 1908: 70). Rocha (1918: 21, checklist; 1950: 292, checklist, biology).

Remarks. Rochai was never described, or illustrated, nor its type was designated. Besides this genus name was first published as a combination with the specific name abdominalis , the latter is unavailable. Thus, as Mesopteromalus , the name Rochai does not satisfy the ICZN’s (1999) article 12.2.5. specifically, neither article 12 as a whole.

Rochai achiaemorpha Ashmead, 1908 nomen nudum Rochai achiaemorpha Ashmead, 1908 (in Rocha 1908: 70). Silva

(1973: 109, checklist, biology). Rochai achiacmorpha Ashmead: Rocha (1918: 21, nomen nudum,

misspelling, checklist). Rochai achiaemorphas Ashmead: Rocha (1950: 109, checklist).

Remarks. The genus and species were mentioned for the first time in Rocha (1908) and later cited by Rocha (1950) and Silva (1973). None of the mentions provided any helpful information for identifying the current group to which this species belongs. Recently Cryptinae was divided into three distinct subfamilies, namely Cryptinae, Phygadeuontinae , and Ateleutinae ( Santos 2017), thus even the identification at the subfamily level becomes imprecise. The species should be treated as unidentified morphospecies of Ichneumonidae , and the genus is not valid.

Platygastroidea

Platygastridae

Platygastrinae