Protonym: Ctenopyga townsendi
Authorship Ashmead, 1906: 29, fig. 4
Forms q.m.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality MEXICO
Primary type information Primary type material: lectotype male (by designation of MacKay, 1996: 170). Primary type locality: Mexico: La Puerta, 6.v.1895 (C.H.T. Townsend). Primary type depository: MCZC (lectotype).
Type notes Original type-series consisted of 1 syntype queen, 2 syntype males, initially deposited in USNM. The male currently in MCZC (lectotype) now appears to be the only extant specimen (MacKay, 1996: 170).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Acanthostichus townsendi Species Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Acanthostichus texanus Forel, 1904
Ctenopyga townsendi Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Acanthostichus townsendi (Ashmead, 1906)
Original combination