Holopyga lucens Rosa, 2018

Rosa, Paolo & Pavesi, Maurizio, 2020, The case of Holopyga gogorzae Trautmann, 1926 and revision of the H. miranda group (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae), Natural History Sciences 7 (2), pp. 39-56 : 47

Holopyga lucens Rosa, 2018 ( Figs. 4D , 9 A-F)

Holopyga lucens Rosa, 2018: 7. Holotype ♂; Uzbekistan: Kashkadarya, Muborak district, 5 km S of Muborak ( ZISP).

Specimens examined. Uzbekistan. Kashkadarya: ♂ holotype, Muborak district , 5 km S of Muborak, 39°18’31’’N 65°08’19’’E, 15.v.2015, leg. Mokrousov, Proshalykin, Samartzev ( ZISP) . Turkmenistan. Ashkhabad: 1♂, Ashkhabad , 10.vi.1928, leg. V. Gussakowskij ( ZISP) ; 1♂, Ashkhabad , 28.vi.1964, leg. W.J. Pulawski ( NMLU) . Namangan: 1♂, st. Akhcha-Kujma , 5.VII 1934, leg. V. Popov ( ZISP) . Mary: 2♂♂, Karabata , 7.vi.1932, leg. Kuziakin ( ZISP) .

Distribution. Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan ( Rosa, 2018).

Remarks. Holopyga lucens is related to H. enslini , known from Palestine and Turkey ( Linsenmaier, 1959). Apart from shining, metallic green (vs. blackish, almost without reflections) coxae, trochanters and femora, it differs by the shape of the head in dorsal view, as large as pronotum, with posterior edge almost straight, and posterolateral angles not projecting rearwards (vs. head larger than pronotum, with posterior edge distinctly concave, and posterolateral angles sharply projecting in H. enslini ); punctation of head and mesosoma scattered, with polished, shining intervals (vs. punctation denser to confluent, without shining intervals); enlarged, carinate, rounded, ventrally polished mesopleuron ( Figs. 9A, C ) (vs. unmodified, typically angulate, fully micropunctate).

Figures

Fig. 4 - Holopyga species in dorsal view. / Holopyga spp., visione dorsale. A-B) Holopyga calida Linsenmaier, 1951. A) ♀ paratype from Marrakech, Morocco; / ♀ paratypus di Marrakech, Marocco; B) ♂ from Mohammedia, Morocco. / ♂ di Mohammedia, Marocco. C) Holopyga mattheyi Linsenmaier, 1959, ♂ paratype from Marrakech, Morocco. / ♂ paratypus di Marrakech, Marocco. D) Holopyga lucens Rosa, 2018, ♂ paratype from Karabata, Turkmenistan. / ♂ paratypus di Karabata, Turkmenistan. E) Holopyga enslini Linsenmaier, 1959, ♂ paratype from Beersheba, Israel. / ♂ paratypus di Beersheba, Israele. Scale bar = 1.0 mm.

Fig. 9 - Holopyga lucens Rosa, 2018; ♂ paratype / paratypus.A) habitus, lateral view / habitus, visione laterale; B) head, frontal view / capo, visione frontale; C) mesopleuron and fore femur, postero-lateral view / mesopleura e femore anteriore, visione postero-laterale; D) head and mesosoma, dorsal view / capo e mesosoma, visione dorsale; E) metasoma, postero-lateral view / metasoma, visione postero-laterale; F) metasoma, ventral view / metasoma, visione ventrale.