Pseudomalus cupratus (Mocsáry, 1889)

Rosa, P., Lelej, A. S., Proshchalykin, M. Yu., Loktionov, V. M. & Mokrousov, M. V., 2017, New records of Chrysididae (Hymenoptera) from Russia with description of five new species, Far Eastern Entomologist 345, pp. 1-33 : 8

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.25221/fee.345.1
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scientific name	Pseudomalus cupratus (Mocsáry, 1889)
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Treatment

Ellampus (Ellampus) auratus var. cupratus Mocsáry, 1889: 92 . Holotype – ♀, Croatia:

Dalmatia [HNHM] (examined).

SPECIMENS EXAMINED. Russia: centre of European part: Belgorod Prov.,

Khotmizhsk (MM); Crimea: Kara-Dag [Pavesi coll., Milano, Italy].

DISTRIBUTION. * Russia (Belgorod Province, Crimea); Southern Europe.

REMARKS. Pseudomalus cupratus can be confused with large specimens of P.

auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) or P. violaceus (Scopoli, 1763) but can be easily recognized by the subrectangular shape of the forefemur (Rosa et al. 2017d), the mesoscutum surface wrinkled between punctures, and the purplish-violet metasomal colour.

Moreover, it can be separated from P. auratus through apical notch of T3 broadly open, and from P. violaceus through the lateral angles of the notch sharp (vs. broadly rounded in P. violaceus ). For differences with P. agnolii sp. n. see the diagnosis of the latter.