Elampus kashmirensis ( Nurse, 1902 )

Rosa, Paolo, 2023, New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron, Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32), pp. 1396-1433 : 1412-1413

Elampus kashmirensis ( Nurse, 1902)

( Figure 7A–7F )

Notozus kashmirensis Nurse, 1902, p. 305 . Lectotype J designated by Kimsey 1986, p. 109; Pakistan: Kashmir, on the banks of Jhelum (NMHN). Bischoff 1913: 6 (cat., Kashmir); Kimsey 1986, p. 109 (lectotype designation, Kashmir).

Ellampus kashmirensis : Bingham 1903: 420 (key, Kashmir (5000 ft), 420–421 (descr.). Omalus (Notozas) (!) kashmirensis : Jonathan et al. 1977, p. 85. Kashmir.

Omalus kashmirensis : Linsenmaier 1959: 25, 16 (key), 25 (descr., panzeri group).

Elampus kashmirensis : Kimsey and Bohart 1991: 168 (cat., India: Kashmir).

Material examined

1J: Kashmir 5–6000 ft 5.01/ Type J / Col. C.G. Nurse Collection 1920-72/ Ellampus kashmirensis Nurse Du B .[uysson] considers this = Notozus violascens (Mocs) / SYNTYPE /B.M. TYPE HYM.13.12a/ NHMUK 014420272 [ NHMUK]; 1♀: same locality labels/B.M. TYPE HYM.13.12b [ NHMUK]; 4J: Kashmir 5–6000 ft 5.01 [ NHMUK] .

Distribution

Kashmir.

Remarks

Nurse (1902) described Notozus kashmirensis based on seven specimens, males and females. Five males and a female are deposited at the NHMUK, whereas the second female, bearing the same labels, is deposited in the Mocsáry collection at HNHM. Kimsey (1986) designated the lectotype based on a male specimen, without pinning any label specifying this. I consider the male labelled as ′Type J̍ by Nurse to be the lectotype selected by Kimsey ( Figure 7 ).

Figures

Figure 7. Elampus kashmirensis (Nurse, 1902), lectotype J. A. Habitus, dorsal view. B. Habitus, lateral view. C. Head, frontal view. D. Mesosoma, dorsal view. E. Metasoma, lateral view. F. Third metasomal tergum, posterior view. Scale bars: 1 mm.