Holopyga miranda Abeille de Perrin, 1878

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 : 48-49

Holopyga miranda Abeille de Perrin, 1878 ( Figs. 3 A-B, 11A-F, 12A-C, 14F)

Holopyga miranda Abeille de Perrin, 1878: 2 . Holotype ♀; France: Corse ( MNHN).

Holopyga miranda : Kimsey, 1986: 109. Lectotype designation: ♀ [not ♂]; France: Corse ( MNHN).

Material examined. Corsica. Holotype ♀ (see below), Corse (without further data), Lectotype, Muséum Paris EY11402, Holopyga miranda Lecto ♂ (!) Abeille, det. LS Kimsey; Lectotype is a female (♂) !! det.’98 O. Niehuis ( MNHN). Haute-Corse: 2♂♂, 2♀♀, Ghisoni, 700 m, Chataigners forest , 21.vii.1972, leg. W. Perraudin ( NMLU); 1♀, idem, 800 m, 13.vii.1972, leg. W. Perraudin ( NMLU) ; 7♂♂, 7♀♀, Olivèse , 500 m, 13.-18.vii.1975, leg. W. Perraudin ( NMLU) . 2♀♀, St.- Florent, Casta, Campu Castingu , 350 m, 7.viii.1981, leg. A. Sette ( MSNV, MPC) . France mainland. Pyrénées- Orientales: 2♂♂, 1♀, Argelès-sur-Mer, Dün [en], 1.-4. vii.1980, leg. H. Wolf ( NMLU) . Spain. Madrid: 2♀♀, El Escorial, 2.-3.vii.1980; 4♂♂, 1♀ , idem, 14.-17.vi.1983; 1♂ , idem, 17.vi.1985; 16♂♂, 14♀♀ , idem, 2.vi.1986; 2♂♂, 2♀♀ , idem, 24.vi.1991; 1♂, 3♀♀, Navacerrada , 3.-7.vii.1987; 1♂, 2♀♀ , idem, 22.vi.1991; 3♀♀, Tembleque, 2.-12.vii.1984, leg. Tussac; 1♂, 1♀, E Madrid, 22.vi.1991. Teruel: 1♀, P[uer]to El Cubillo , 1600 m, 3.-5. vii.1994. Segovia: 1♀, Coca , 26.vi.1991. Soria : 1♀, Soria, 22.-23.vi.1964; 1♂ , idem, 26.v.1965; 1♂, 1♀ , idem, 9.vii.1987; 2♂♂, 1♀ , idem, 9.vii.1991; 1♂, 2♀♀ , idem, 18.-20.vi.1994; 3♂♂ , idem, 7.vii.1994; 1♂, 1♀ , idem, 20.vii.1994; 2♂♂ , idem, 17.vi.1995; 2♂♂, 2♀♀ , idem, 23.vi.1995; 1♂ , idem, 29.vi.2000. Toledo: 1♂, 1♀, Toledo, 25.-27.vii.1967, leg. P.M.F. Verhoeff. Lleida: 1♀, Almenar , 11.-13.vi.1957. All the above Spanish specimens housed at NMLU; all leg. W. Linsenmaier, unless otherwise stated . Portugal. Lisboa: 1♂, near Lisboa, 20- 30.v.1949, leg. P.M.F. Verhoeff ( NMLU) . Madeira: 1♂, Arieiro , 2.vii.1941, leg. N.F. de Andrade ( NMLU) .

Distribution. South-western Europe ( Corse, South of France, Portugal, Spain) ( Linsenmaier, 1959). Note: Linsenmaier (1959), most likely because of a misprint, gives “? Korsika ”.

Remarks. Abeille de Perrin (1878) described Holopyga miranda giving as unique locality “ Corse ”. Abeille de Perrin (1879) refined the description and added: “J’ai rapporté cette délicieuse espèce de Corse et j’en ai vu un second sujet venant de l’Escorial, dans la collection Puton”, which leads to conclude that the original description was based on a single specimen. Puton’s specimen cannot be considered as a syntype under Article 72.4.1.1. of the Code, since the Spanish locality is not mentioned in the original description, and no evidence exists that the Spanish specimen was known to Abeille de Perrin (1878), and recognized by him as H. miranda , when describing his new species. Abeille de Perrin’s specimen from Corsica is accordingly to be considered the holotype by monotypy, and Kimsey’s lectotype designation to be regarded as unnecessary.

Figures

Fig. 3 - Holopyga species in dorsal view./ Holopyga spp., visione dorsale.A-B) Holopyga miranda Abeille de Perrin, 1878.A) ♂ from Ghisoni, Corse / ♂ di Ghisoni, Corsica; B) ♀ from Ghisoni, Corse / ♀ di Ghisoni, Corsica. C-D) Holopyga calida Linsenmaier, 1951. C) ♂ from Jerez, Spain / ♂ di Jerez, Spagna; D) ♀ from Jerez, Spain / ♀ di Jerez, Spagna. E) Holopyga naefi Linsenmaier, 1959; ♀ paratype (allotype) from Fedala, Morocco / ♀ paratypus (allotypus) di Fedala, Marocco. Scale bar = 1.0 mm.