| Summary: | The types of nominal species of Diapriinae in the collection of the Natural History Museum, London, are catalogued. Lectotypes are designated for the following taxa: <em>Diapria peraffinis</em> Ashmead, 1896; <em>D. smithii</em> Ashmead, 1896; <em>Galesus bipunctatus</em> Ashmead,1894; <em>G.</em> (<em>G.</em>) <em>foersteri</em> var. <em>nigricornis</em> Kieffer, 1911; <em>G. sexpunctatus</em> Ashmead, 1893; <em>G. walkeri </em>Kieffer, 1907; <em>Idiotypa nigriceps</em> Kieffer, 1909; <em>I. nigriceps</em> Kieffer, 1911; <em>I. pallida</em> Ashmead, 1893; <em>I. pallida</em> Ashmead, 1894; <em>Paramesius angustipennis</em> Kieffer, 1911; <em>P. cameroni</em> Kieffer, 1911; <em>Phaenopria cameroni</em> Kieffer, 1911; <em>P. halterata</em> Kieffer, 1911; <em>P. magniclavata</em> Ashmead, 1896; <em>Tropidopsis clavata</em> Ashmead, 1893; <em>T. clavata</em> Ashmead, 1894. New combinations are proposed: <em>Aneuropria bifurcata</em> comb. nov. for <em>Mantara bifurcata</em> Dodd, 1920; <em>Basalys quadridens</em> comb. nov. for <em>Microgalesus quadridens</em> Kieffer, 1912; <em>Coptera cratocerus</em> comb. nov. for <em>Galesus cratocerus</em> Cameron, 1912; <em>Coptera sexpunctata</em> comb. nov. for <em>Galesus sexpunctatus</em> Ashmead, 1893; <em>Doliopria magniclavata</em> comb. nov. for P<em>haenopria magniclavata</em> Ashmead, 1896; <em>Spilomicrus aterrimus</em> comb. nov. for <em>Hoplopria aterrima</em> Dodd, 1920; <em>Spilomicrus campbellanus</em> comb. nov. for <em>Antarctopria campbellana</em> Yoshimoto, 1964;<em> Spilomicrus coelopae</em> comb. nov. for <em>Antarctopria coelopae</em> Early, 1978; <em>Spilomicrus diomedeae</em> comb. nov. for <em>Antarctopria diomedeae</em> Early, 1978;<em> Spilomicrus helosciomyzae</em> comb. nov. for <em>Malvina helosciomyzae</em> Early & Horning, 1978;<em> Spilomicrus insulae</em> comb. nov. for <em>Malvina insulae </em>Early, 1980; <em>Spilomicrus latigaster</em> comb. nov. for <em>Antarctopria latigaster</em> Brues in Tillyard, 1920;<em> Spilomicrus punctatus</em> comb. nov. for <em>Malvina punctata</em> Cameron, 1889; <em>Spilomicrus rekohua </em>comb. nov. for <em>Antarctopria rekohua</em> Early, 1978; <em>Trichopria bouceki</em> comb. nov. for <em>Oxypria bouceki</em> Masner, 1959;<em> Trichopria nigriceps</em> comb. nov. for <em>Tropidopria nigriceps</em> Ashmead, 1894; <em>Trichopria nigriceps </em>comb. nov. for <em>Xyalopria nigriceps</em> Kieffer, 1907; <em>Trichopria spinosiceps</em> comb. nov. for <em>Acidopria spinosiceps </em>Dodd, 1920; <em>Trichopria walkeri </em>comb. nov. for <em>Diapria walkeri</em> Dalla Torre 1890. New replacement names are proposed: <em>Coptera mosselensis</em> nom. nov. for <em>C. nigricornis</em> Nixon, 1930 preocc.; <em>Coptera pijiguaorum </em>nom. nov. for <em>C. sexpunctata</em> Montilla & García, 2008 preocc.; <em>Spilomicrus kozlovi</em> nom. nov. for <em>S. punctatus</em> Kozlov, 1978 preocc.; Trichopria fluminis nom. nov. for <em>T. nigriceps</em> (Kieffer, 1907) preocc.; <em>T. thermarum</em> nom. nov. for <em>T. nigriceps</em> (Kieffer, 1913) preocc. New specific synonyms are proposed: <em>Basalys cursitans</em> (Kieffer, 1911) = <em>B. pedisequa </em>(Kieffer, 1911) syn. nov. (the former removed from synonymy with <em>B. parvus</em> Thomson, 1858); <em>B. iphicla </em>Nixon, 1980 = <em>B. macroptera</em> (Kieffer, 1911) syn. nov.; <em>Coptera bipunctata</em> (Ashmead, 1894) = <em>C. sexpunctata</em> (Ashmead, 1893) syn. nov.; <em>Idiotypa nigriceps </em>Kieffer, 1911 = <em>I. nigriceps</em> Kieffer, 1909 syn. nov.; <em>I. pallida </em>Ashmead, 1894 = <em>I. pallida</em> Ashmead, 1893 syn. nov.; <em>Psilus nigricornis</em> (Kieffer, 1911) =<em> P. fuscipennis</em> (Curtis, 1831) syn. nov.; <em>P. walkeri</em> (Kieffer, 1907) = <em>P. fuscipennis</em> (Curtis, 1831) syn. nov.; <em>T. bouceki</em> (Masner, 1959) = <em>T. conotoma</em> (Kieffer, 1911) syn. nov.; <em>Trichopria halterata</em> (Kieffer, 1911) = <em>T. halterata</em> (Kieffer, 1909) syn. nov. New generic synonyms are proposed: <em>Antarctopria</em> Brues in Tillyard, 1920 = <em>Spilomicrus</em> Westwood, 1832 syn. nov.; <em>Malvina</em> Cameron, 1889 = <em>Spilomicrus</em> Westwood, 1832 syn. nov.; <em>Mantara</em> Dodd, 1920 = <em>Aneuropria</em> Kieffer, 1905 syn. nov.; <em>Microgalesus</em> Kieffer, 1912 = <em>Basalys</em> Westwood, 1833 syn. nov.; <em>Xyalopria</em> Kieffer, 1907 = <em>Trichopria</em> Ashmead, 1893 syn. nov. (<em>Xyalopria</em> is removed from synonymy with <em>Megaplastopria</em> Ashmead, 1903). A brief account of some aspects of the history of these types is given.
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