Protoleptops magnificus

Protoleptops magnificus (Heinrich, 1967) Figs 5 A – F, 6 D – F Apatetorops magnificus Heinrich, 1967: 81–83 (original description, key, figures); Schmidt and Schmidt 2011: 83 (type catalogue). Protoleptops magnifica [sic]; Townes and Townes 1973: 226 (catalogue, new combination, incorrect gender agreement). Protoleptops magnificus; Yu and Horstmann 1997: 530 (catalogue, mandatory change); Yu et al. 2016 (catalogue). Differential diagnosis. Protoleptops magnificus can be easily distinguished from all the other known species of the genus by the following combination of characters: (1) incomplete carination of the propodeum, with costulae lacking and area dentipara confluent with area externa and area spiracularis (carination almost complete in P. heinrichi); (2) temple, in dorsal view, bulging (straight and converging in in P. angolae and P. nyeupe sp. nov.); (3) hind tarsus infuscate (white in P. angolae and P. nyeupe sp. nov.); (4) presence of a scopa taking up 2 / 3 of the ventral part of the coxa (absent in P. heinrichi, reduced in P. angolae and P. farquharsoni); (5) mesoscutellum with lateral white marks (reddish-orange in P. farquharsoni and P. angolae); (6) T 2 longitudinally striate medially (densely punctate in P. angolae and P. farquharsoni); and (7) mesoscutum sparsely and superficially punctate (densely punctate anteriorly in P. farquharsoni). Original type series. Holotype (by original designation). Tanzania • ♀; Tanga, West Usambara Mountains, Lushoto, 1700 m 19 Feb. 1962; (ZSM). Paratypes. Tanzania • 5 ♀♀ & 1 ♂; same locality as the holotype, 17 Feb. 1962; ZSM • 1 ♀; same locality as the holotype, 1600 m, 5 Mar. 1962; (ZSM). South Africa • 1 ♀; Eastern Cape, Port St. Johns, 20 Feb. 1963; (ZSM) Material examined. Holotype. Tanzania • ♀; “ [White label] TANGANYIKA / W Usambara Mts. / 1700 m. Lushoto / 19. II. 1962 [White label] Apatetorops / magnificus / ♀ Heinr. / det. Heinr. // [Red label] Holotype // [Pink label] Zoologische Staatssammlung / München / Type-No.: ZSM - Hym- 00240 // [Red label] Typus Nr. Hym. / 420 / Zoologische / Staatsammlung / München. ”; (ZSM). Paratypes. Tanzania • ♂; “ [White label] TANGANYIKA / W Usambara Mts. / 1700 m. Lushoto / 17. II. 1962 [White label] Apatetorops / magnificus / ♂ Heinr. / det. Heinr. // [Red label] Allotypus ”; (ZSM). Non-type specimens. South Africa • 1 ♀; Mpumalanga, Waterval-Boven [= Emgwenya], Elandsrivier, 18. i. 2000, J. Halada leg.; (OÖLM). Male. Described in the original description by Heinrich (1967) as “ Allotype ”. Distribution. South Africa: Eastern Cape (Heinrich 1967); Mpumalanga (new record); Tanzania: Tanga region (Heinrich 1967) (Fig. 8). Remarks. In their catalogue, Townes and Townes (1973: 226) provided a new combination for Apatetorops magnificus Heinrich, 1967, moving the species into the genus Protoleptops. While doing so, they referred to Protoleptops magnifica [sic], possibly misinterpreting the gender of the genus Protoleptops as feminine instead of masculine. Subsequently, Yu and Horstmann (1997: 530) correctly interpreted the gender as masculine and made the mandatory change to the suffix in accordance with ICZN (1999: article 34.2).