Hedychrum micans europaeum Linsenmaier, 1959

Rosa, Paolo, Heim, René & Bernasconi, Marco Valerio, 2022, The Palaearctic types of Chrysididae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) deposited in the Linsenmaier collection. Part 3. Elampini: genus Hedychrum Latreille, Zootaxa 5195 (1), pp. 1-23 : 14-15

Hedychrum micans europaeum Linsenmaier, 1959

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Hedychrum micans europaeum Linsenmaier, 1959: 39 (descr.), 186 (cat.); 1987: 137 (tax., distr.); 1997a: 252 (distr.).

Type locality. Portugal, Spain: “ Portugal, Spanien. ♀ Type und ♂ Allotype ( Portugal, VI.– VII. leg. Andrade) Coll. m., Paratypen Coll. Verhoeff und Coll. m. ” .

Holotype, ♀: L.: Arieiro 23. VI. 47 N. F. de Andrade // Portugal // Type ♀ Hedychrum Latr. micans Luc. ssp. europaeum Lins. Linsenmaier det. 59 // 45 // NML _ENT GBIF _Chr00006481 (ex type-collection).

Allotype, ♂: (Port. N) 14.7.45 Porto NF d’Andrade. 954 // Allotype ♂ Hedychrum Latr. micans Luc. europaeum Lins. Linsenmaier det. 59 // NML _ENT GBIF _Chr00006482 (ex type-collection).

Paratypes, 1♀: Portugal Douro Resende 16.–19.VII.1953 PMF Verhoeff // Paratype Hedychrum Latr. micans Luc. europaeum Lins. Linsenmaier det. 59 // NML _ENT GBIF _Chr00006525; 1♀: Rezende (Port. N) 12.7.1954 leg. Nfd’Andrade // Paratype Hedychrum Latr. micans Luc. europaeum Lins. Linsenmaier det. 59 // NML _ENT GBIF _Chr00006527; 1♀: Rezende (Port. N) 13.7.1954 leg. Nfd’Andrade // Paratype Hedychrum Latr. micans Luc. europaeum Lins. Linsenmaier det. 59 // NML _ENT GBIF _Chr00006528; 1♀: Rezende (Port. N) 17.7.1953 leg. Nfd’Andrade // Paratype Hedychrum Latr. micans Luc. europaeum Lins. Linsenmaier det. 59 // NML _ENT GBIF _ Chr00006526.

Remarks. The type locality of Hedychrum micans europaeum is not strictly in Europe. “Pico de Arieiro” is in fact located on the island of Madeira, which is located further south from Casablanca in Morocco. This type should be revised, because it is particularly coloured as the northern African females of H. micans Lucas , as stated by the Linsenmaier himself in the original description: “ Ein ♀ (Type) hat Scut bis fast zu den Rändern golf-rot wie Pron und Mes (ähnlich chalybaeum) bei den anderen ♀♀ ist das Scut zum grössten Teil grün bis gold-grün ”. Other possible paratypes are two Spanish females identified by Linsenmaier in 1959 and bearing the labels: (i) Catalunya Balenyà 4.VII.34 Vilarrubia leg. 9062; (ii) Catalunya Balenyà 18.VI.35 Vilarrubia leg. 11941.

At RMNH five specimens labelled as paratypes are deposited.Three males bear the following labels: (i) Portugal (N.) a. Pouca de Aguiar 15–VII–1953 PMFVerhoeff // Paratype Hedychrum Latr. micans Luc. ssp. europaeum Lins. Linsenmaier det. 59 // Museum Leiden ex coll. Verhoeff; (ii) Portugal – Douro Resende 16–19–VII–1953 PMFVerhoeff // Paratype Hedychrum Latr. micans Luc. ssp. europaeum Lins. Linsenmaier det. 59 // Museum Leiden ex coll. Verhoeff; (iii) Rezende (Port.N) 17/7/1953 Leg NFd’Andrade // Paratype Hedychrum Latr. micans Luc. ssp. europaeum Lins. Linsenmaier det. 59 // Museum Leiden ex coll. Verhoeff; and two females bearing the following labels, (i): (Port.N) 14/7 PORTO NFdAndrade. 954 // Paratype Hedychrum Latr. micans Luc. ssp. europaeum Lins. Linsenmaier det. 57 // Museum Leiden ex coll. Verhoeff; (ii): Rezende (Port.N) 15/7/1953 Leg NFd’Andrade // Paratype Hedychrum Latr. micans Luc. ssp. europaeum Lins. Linsenmaier det. 59 // Museum Leiden ex coll. Verhoeff.

Figures

FIGURE 12. Hedychrum micans europaeum Linsenmaier, 1959, holotype, female. A) Habitus, lateral view. B) Head, frontal view. C) Metasoma, postero-lateral view. D) Habitus, dorsal view. E) Third sternum, ventral view. Scale bars 1 mm.

FIGURE 13. Hedychrum micans europaeum Linsenmaier, 1959, allotype, male. A) Habitus, lateral view. B) Head, frontal view. C) Mesosoma, dorsal view. D) Habitus, dorsal view. E) Genital capsule. F) Metasoma, postero-lateral view. G) Meso- and metaleg. G) Scale bars 1 mm.