Hedychridium palestinense Balthasar, 1953

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Hedychridium palestinense Balthasar, 1953

Figs 26, 30

Hedychridium sculpturatum var. palestinense Balthasar, 1953: 145 . Syntypes, Israel: Jerusa-

lem [JNMP] (roseum group).

Euchrum maculiventre: Vinokurov, 2006b: 19, 21; 2006c: 21.

Hedychridium palestinense: Linsenmaier, 1997: 258 .

SPECIMENS EXAMINED. Russia: Astrakhan Prov.: env. Volskij 10–12.VII

2017, 1♂ (MM) [ PRC]; Stavropol Terr., Novozavedennoe Vill., left bank of Kuma

River, 5.VI 2016, 1♂ (NV) [ PRC] .

DISTRIBUTION. Russia (new record) (European part), Palestine, Syria, Turkey

(Arens 2010).

REMARKS. The taxonomic status of Hedychridium maculiventre Linsenmaier,

1959 is rather confused (see Arens 2010, 2011), however, H. maculiventre is an unnecessary replacement name for H. sculpturatum var. palestinense Balthasar,

1953 (known from Palestine, Syria and Asia Minor), considered by Linsenmaier

(1959) as infrasubspecific and therefore unavailable name, yet correctly described. I temporarily assign the Caucasian specimens to this species, waiting for the examination of more materials. The two examined specimens have double punctation on the metasomal tergum 2 with foveate-reticulate punctures on distal half; the ventral surface of metasoma is black, only with sternum 2 largely golden-red metallic;

genital capsula shaped as in Arens (2010) ( Fig. 30 ). Other specimens collected by

N. Vinokurov in the same Caucasian locality belong to the similar H. caucasium

Trautmann, 1926 ( Figs 25, 29 ) easily recognizable for the differently shaped male genitalia. The other closest species in the Caucasian area is H. gemma (Semenov,

1967), described from Georgia, with sterna 2–3 largely metallic red, and punctation of the tergum 2 with large punctures, not reticulate.

caucasicum Mocsáry , ♂ (Stavropol Terr., Mineralnye Vody); 26, 29 – Hedychridium caucasicum Trautmann , ♂ (Stavropol Prov., Novozavednoe ); 25, 30 – H. palestinense

Balthasar, ♂ (Stavropol Prov., Novozavedennoe ); 31 – Pseudomalus corensis (Uchida)

(Chanka Lake, Primorski Terr.), ♂. Scale bar: 1.0 mm.

Figures

Figs 23–31. 23, 27 – Hedychrum virens Dahlbom, ♂ (Crimea, Karadag); 24, 28 – H.