Chrysis bidentata prominea Linsenmaier, 1959

Rosa, Paolo & Greeff, Michael, 2021, Types of Chrysididae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) deposited at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule in Zürich, Zootaxa 4908 (2), pp. 181-204 : 183

Chrysis bidentata prominea Linsenmaier, 1959

Chrysis (Chrysis) bidentata ssp. prominea Linsenmaier, 1959: 131 . Holotype ♀; Switzerland: Wallis (NMLU).

Chrysis (Chrysis) consanguinea prominea: Linsenmaier 1997: 277 (key).

Type locality. France, Italy, Switzerland: “ Süd-Frankreich , Sizilien, Schweiz (Wallis). Selten. ♀ Type, ♁ Allotype ( Wallis 500-900m, VII.) Coll. m., Paratypen Coll. Verhoeff und Coll. m. ” .

Paratypes, 3♀♀: France Vaucl. Carpentras 30.v.59 Linsenmaier // Paratypen <handwritten in red> Chrysis L. bidentata Luc. prominea Lins. Linsenmaier det. 59 // PARATYPUS <red label> .

Remarks. Three paratype specimens are prepared and glued on the same plastic label, in Linsenmaier’s typical style ( Rosa et al. 2015b). They were given in exchange by Linsenmaier, after examination of Nadig’s collection in 1963, together with other paratypes (see below) and interesting specimens.

Linsenmaier (1959, 1968, 1987) confused the name Elampus bidentatus Lucas, 1849 (a northern African species belonging to the tribe Elampini ) with Chrysis bidentata Linnaeus, 1767 (described from Sweden and belonging to the tribe Chrysidini , Chrysis viridula group), which is a junior synonymous of Chrysis viridula Linnaeus, 1761 ( Paukkunen et al. 2014). Chrysis bidentata Lucas, 1849 sensu Linsenmaier (1959, 1968 , 1987) is Chrysis consanguinea Mocsáry, 1889 (described from Algeria). Linsenmaier (1997, 1999) recognized his misinterpretation; however, this inaccuracy is still found in recent articles (e.g. Tarbinsky 2002).