Annotated type catalogue of the Chrysididae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) deposited in the collection of Radoszkowski in the Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków

Abstract

A critical and annotated catalogue of 183 types of Hymenoptera Chrysididae belonging to 124 taxa housed in the Radoszkowski collection is given. Radoszkowski type material from other institutes has also been checked. Six lectotypes are designated in Kraków (ISEA-PAN): Chrysis acceptabilis Radoszkowski, 1891; Chrysis persica Radoczkowsky, 1881; Chrysis daphnis Mocsáry, 1889; Chrysis lagodechii Radoszkowski, 1889; Chrysis remota Mocsáry, 1889 and Chrysis vagans Radoszkowski, 1877. The lectotype of Brugmoia pellucida Radoszkowski, 1877 is designated in Moscow (MMU). Four new combinations are proposed: Philoctetes araraticus (Radoszkowski, 1890), comb. n.; Pseudomalus hypocrita (du Buysson, 1893), comb. n.; Chrysis eldari (Radoszkowski, 1893), comb. n.; and Chrysura mlokosewitzi (Radoszkowski, 1889), comb. n.. Ten new synonyms are given: Chrysis auropunctata Mocsáry, 1889, syn. n. of Chrysis angolensis Radoszkovsky, 1881; Chrysis chrysochlora Mocsáry, 1889, syn. n. and Chrysis viridans Radoszkowski, 1891, syn. n. of Chrysis keriensis Radoszkowski, 1887; Chrysis angustifrons var. ignicollis Trautmann, 1926, syn. n. of Chrysis eldari (Radoszkowski, 1893); Chrysis maracandensis var. simulatrix Radoszkowski, 1891, syn. n. of Chrysis maracandensis Radoszkowski, 1877; Chrysis pulchra Radoszkovsky, 1880, syn. n. of Spinolia dallatorreana (Mocsáry, 1896); Chrysis rubricollis du Buysson, 1900, syn. n. of Chrysis eldari (Radoszkowski, 1893); Chrysis subcoerulea Radoszkowski, 1891, syn. n. of Chrysis chlorochrysa Mocsáry, 1889; Chrysis therates Mocsáry, 1889, syn. n. of Chrysis principalis Smith, 1874; and Notozus komarowi Radoszkowski, 1893, syn. n. of Elampus obesus (Mocsáry, 1890). One species is revaluated: Chrysis chalcochrysa Mocsáry, 1887. Chrysis kizilkumiana Rosa is the new name for Chrysis uljanini Radoszkowski & Mocsáry, 1889 nec Radoszkowski, 1877. Pictures of seventy-seven type specimens are given.

The Palaearctic types of Chrysididae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) deposited in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest

“…S. dallatorreana can be recognized by arched metascutellum, in dorsal view (triangularly shaped in S. insignis) and pronotum distinctly longer (4 MOD) (3 MOD in S. insignis); moreover the colouration is considerably distinct, being bicoloured in S. dallatorreana and entirely olive green with coppery reflections in S. insignis. Rosa et al (2015e) examined the type of Spinolia dallatorreana and realized that it is junior synonym of S. pulchra (Radoszkovsky, 1880). However, S. dallatorreana is the species name in usage since Mocsáry's monograph (1889).…”

“…However, S. dallatorreana is the species name in usage since Mocsáry's monograph (1889). Rosa et al (2015e) Móczár (1965: 168) designated the lectotype. Bohart (in Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 488) designated another lectotype in HNHM, without pinning any label and the specimen could be the same selected by Móczár (1965); anyway, Móczár's lectotype designation is valid.…”

New records of cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) from Russia with taxonomic notes

“…Mocsáry is supposedly lost, not to be found in Budapest (Rosa et al 2017d), Krakow (Rosa et al, 2015b), or other European collections. Chrysis rutilans mesasiatica was considered as a subspecies of C. insperata Chevrier, 1870 by Linsenmaier (1959), for their affinities in general habitus and male genital capsule (Figs 1-3).…”

The genus Philoctetes Abeille de Perrin, 1879 from China, with description of two new species (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae)

“…Also the check-list of the species included in Philoctetes by Kimsey & Bohart (1991) has been modified and implemented in the last years, and now includes species previously considered by Kimsey & Bohart (1991) as Elampus Spinola, 1806, Holophris Mocsáry, 1890, Omalus Panzer, 1801, and Pseudomalus Ashmead, 1902(Tussac & Tussac 1993Mingo 1994;Niehuis 2001;Rosa 2003Rosa , 2005Rosa , 2006Rosa et al 2014Rosa et al , 2015a.…”