Protoleptops heinrichi Heinrich 1967

Protoleptops heinrichi Heinrich, 1967 Figs 4 A – E, 6 A – C Protoleptops heinrichi Heinrich, 1967: 72–73 (original description, key, figures); Townes and Townes 1973: 226 (catalogue); Yu and Horstmann 1997: 530 (catalogue); Yu et al. 2016 (catalogue). Differential diagnosis. Protoleptops heinrichi can be easily distinguished from all the other known species of the genus by the following combination of characters: (1) almost complete carination of the propodeum (incomplete in all the other species); (2) absence of a scopa (present in all the other species); and (3) T 2 – T 5 anteriorly constricted (not constricted in all the other species). Original type series. Holotype (by original designation). Madagascar • ♀; Antsiranana, Ivondro, Feb. 1940; (MNHN). Paratypes. Madagascar • 1 ♂; Antsiranana, Ivondro, Dec. 1938; MNHN • 1 ♀; Antsiranana, Rogez, 1935; (ZSM). Material examined. Holotype. Madagascar • ♀; “ [White label] MADAGASCAR // [White label] Ivondro // [Blue label] MUSÉUM PARIS / II. 40 / A. SEYRIG // [White label] Apatetor / heinrichi / TYPE // [White label] Protoleptops / ♀ heinrichi / Heinr. / det Heinr. // [Red label] Holotype // [Whitel label] Muséum Paris / EY 10172 ”; (MNHN). Paratypes. Madagascar • ♂; “ [White label] MADAGASCAR // [White label] Ivondro [Written over Rogez, Foret Cote Est] // [Blue label] MUSÉUM PARIS / XII. 38 / A. SEYRIG // [White label] Protoleptops / heinrichi ♂ / Heinr. / det Heinr. // [Red label] Allotypus // [Whitel label] Muséum Paris / EY 10173 ”; (MNHN) • ♀; “ [White label] MADAGASCAR / Rogez / Foret Core Est // [Blue label] MUSÉUM PARIS / 1935 / A. SEYRIG // [White label] heinrichi / Heinr. / det. G. Heinr. // [White label] Protoleptops / heinrichi / ♀ Heinr. / det Heinr. // [Yellow label] Paratypus ”; (ZSM). Male. Described in the original description by Heinrich (1967) as “ Allotype ”. Distribution. Madagascar: Antsiranana (Heinrich 1967) (Fig. 8). Remarks. The specific epithet given by Heinrich might appear to be self-glorification, as it is named after himself. However, it is actually a dedication to his friend, A. Seyrig, who was the first to recognize it as a new species and labeled it as “ Apatetor heinrichi ”, but never officially described it. When Heinrich discovered the species at the MNHN, he chose to retain the name in honor of his friend’s intentions, stating: “ I felt bound to carry out the will of my late friend, rather than to shrink from the possibility of being blamed for self-glorification in using this species name ” (Heinrich 1967: 72).