Holopyga amoenula virideaurata Linsenmaier, 1951

Rosa, Paolo, Felsner, Christian, Heim, René, Greeff, Michael, Michez, Denis & Bernasconi, Marco Valerio, 2025, The Palaearctic types of Chrysididae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) deposited in the Linsenmaier collection. Part 5. Elampini: genus Holopyga Dahlbom, 1845, Zootaxa 5565 (1), pp. 1-66 : 11

Holopyga amoenula virideaurata Linsenmaier, 1951

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Holopyga amoenula var. virideaurata Linsenmaier, 1951: 16 (descr.)

Holopyga ovata virideaurata : Linsenmaier 1959a: 31.

Holopyga amoenula Dahlbom, 1845 : Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 229 (synonymised).

Holopyga generosa virideaurata : Arens 2004: 33 (reinstated).

Type locality. South-East Europe , Greece (Rhodes), North Africa: "Südwesteuropa, Rhodos, Nordafrika. Type in meiner Sammlung, ♀ (Rhodos), Cotypen in meiner Sammlung u. in Coll. Naef (Maroc, Südfrankreich)" .

Holotype, ♀: Rodi , Egeo Mai 1939 Dr. R. Meyer // Type ♀ Holopyga Dhbl. amoenula v. virideaurata det. Linsenmaier 1951 // 1 // NML _ENT GBIF _Chr0003242 (ex Type-collection).

Remarks. As in other cases, Linsenmaier (1959a: 31) changed the species concept for this taxon and excluded specimens from France and Morocco from the type series. He removed the original labels from these specimens and today these paratypes are considered lost within the collection and have been identified as different taxa.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Holopyga amoenula virideaurata Linsenmaier, 1951, holotype, female. A) Habitus, lateral view. B) Head, frontal view. C) Head and mesosoma, dorsal view. D) Metasoma, dorsal view. E) Metasoma, lateral view. F) Metasoma, ventral view.