First checklist of the chrysidid wasps (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) of Mongolia, with description of new species

Abstract

An annotated checklist of the Chrysididae from Mongolia is provided. A revision of the bibliographical data is provied, since most of the collecting localities published for “Mongolia” refer to places currently located in China. The known Mongolian cuckoo wasp fauna counts 90 species in 18 genera and two subfamilies. Four genera and 57 species are recorded for the first time, including two species here described as new for science: Cleptes mongolicus Rosa, Halada & Agnoli, sp. nov. (Dornod) and Spinolia spinosa Rosa & Halada, sp. nov. (Bayankhongor).

Additions to the cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) of Mongolia, with description of eleven new species

“…We also describe eleven new species which increase the number of known Mongolian species to 107 species in 18 genera. The high number of new species, described in this article and the new records for the countries listed in this and in the previous paper (Rosa et al 2020), show how poor the current knowledge is of the Mongolian and the Central Asian fauna in general. In fact, the new records extend eastwards the distribution of several species by thousands of kilometres (e.g.…”

“… Rosa et al (2020) recently provided the first checklist of the Mongolian cuckoo wasps, including 90 species in 18 genera. The checklist was based on specimens collected by Czech entomologists (M. Halada, J. Halada, J. Straka and M. Kadlecová) in 2003–2007 and on the revision of published data, to clarify the confusion given in previous literature on true Mongolian localities.…”

Figure 1 from: Rosa P, Proshchalykin MYu, Halada M (2021) Additions to the cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) of Mongolia, with description of eleven new species. ZooKeys 1068: 149-187. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1068.73549

“…Etymology. The specific epithet strakai (masculine noun in genitive) is dedicated to Jakub Straka (Prague, Czech Republic), who collected this undescribed species and other several new records for Mongolia, published in this article and in Rosa et al (2020).…”

“…Distribution. Mongolia (*Dornod, Tuv); Russia (Eastern Siberia) (Rosa et al 2019(Rosa et al , 2020. Diagnosis.…”

Figure 16 from: Rosa P, Proshchalykin MYu, Halada M (2021) Additions to the cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) of Mongolia, with description of eleven new species. ZooKeys 1068: 149-187. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1068.73549

“…Holopyga similis was synonymised byBischoff (1913) with H. gloriosa var. chrysonota Förster, 1853 Rosa et al (2020). pointed out that H. chrysonota is a different species and H. similis is the first available name for H. chrysonota sensu Linsenmaier(1959, 1987).…”