Elampus panzeri (Fabricius, 1804)

Paukkunen, Juho, Berg, Alexander, Soon, Villu, Odegaard, Frode & Rosa, Paolo, 2015, An illustrated key to the cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) of the Nordic and Baltic countries, with description of a new species, ZooKeys 548, pp. 1-116 : 23

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Chrysididae

Elampus panzeri (Fabricius, 1804) Figs 37, 39, 41, 44

Chrysis scutellaris Panzer, 1798: 11, not Fabricius, 1794.

Chrysis Panzeri Fabricius, 1804: 172, replacement name for Chrysis scutellaris Panzer, 1798.

Elampus Panzeri : Latreille 1809: 45.

Notozus constrictus of authors, not Förster, 1853.

Diagnosis.

Length 4-8 mm. The species resembles Elampus constrictus and Elampus foveatus , but the apical truncation of T3 has angular margins ventrally and resembles a horseshoe in shape (Fig. 44). The lateral margins of T3 also have narrow notches in front of the apical truncation (Fig. 39). The punctation of T2 is somewhat sparser than in Elampus constrictus and Elampus foveatus . The scrobal carina is similar to Elampus foveatus (Fig. 43). Both sexes are bicoloured with a green or blue head and mesosoma, and a red metasoma with green reflections (Fig. 37). Rarely the metasoma can be entirely greenish.

Distribution.

Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden. Common. - Trans-Palearctic: Europe, western Asia, Manchuria ( Linsenmaier 1959, as Elampus constrictus ).

Biology.

Habitat: sparsely vegetated sandy areas, heaths. Adults are occasionally found on flowers of Apiaceae ( Heinrich 1964) and stems and inflorescences of grasses ( Trautmann 1927, our own obs.). Flight period: late May to August. Adults are also attracted to honeydew of aphids. Host: Mimesa equestris (Fabricius) and Mimesa lutaria (Fabricius) ( Crabronidae ) ( Morice 1903, Benno 1950, our own obs.).

Remarks.

The names Elampus constrictus and Elampus panzeri were erroneously swapped by Trautmann (1927) and later by Linsenmaier (1959, 1997) and other authors. See details from Móczár (1964).