Chrysis sickmanni Mocsáry, 1893

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Chrysis sickmanni Mocsáry, 1893 , stat. resurr.

Fig. 4

Chrysis (Tetrachrysis) sickmanni Mocsáry, 1893: 228 . Holotype – ♀, Russia: Eastern Siberia :

Amur (depository unknown) (ignita group). Junior synonym of Chrysis uljanini Radoszkowski, 1877 according to Kimsey & Bohart, 1991.

Chrysis (Tetrachrysis) uljanini Radoszkowski, 1877 (♀ nec ♂): Bischoff, 1913: 58 (synonym of C. sarafschana Mocsáry, 1889 ).

Chrysis (Tetrachrysis) sarafschana sickmanni: Tsuneki, 1953: 27 .

Chrysis (Chrysis) sarafschana sickmanni: Linsenmaier, 1959: 161 .

Chrysis uljanini: Kurzenko & Lelej, 2007: 1005 ; Ha et al., 2008: 76; Lelej & Kurzenko,

2012: 402.

Chrysis uljanini sickmanni: Rosa et al. 2017 b: 138 ; 2017f: 40.

SPECIMENS EXAMINED. Russia: Amur Prov.: Blagoveshchensk [ ZIN]; Dal-

nevostochnij Terr. [ZIN]; Primorskii Terr. [ PRC]; Vladivostok [NMLS]; Okeanskaya

(NMLS); Lazovsky Nature Reserve, America Bay [IBSS], Ta-Chingouza [IBSS];

Popov Island (IBSS); Yakovlevsky distr., Pritsepilovka [IBSS].

DISTRIBUTION. Russia (Eastern Siberia, Far East).

REMARKS. Du Buysson (1896) synonymized C. sickmanni (described from

Amur) with C. sarafschana Mocsáry, 1889 (described from Uzbekistan). Tsuneki

(1953) pointed out that the two taxa are different and should be considered at least as different subspecies; Linsenmaier (1959) followed this interpretation. Kimsey &

Bohart (1991) synonymized C. sarafschana Mocsáry, 1889 and C. sickmanni Mocsáry, 1893 with C. uljanini Radoszkowski, 1877 (for the nomenclatorial case see

Rosa et al. 2015b). Nevertheless, these two taxa are clearly separated and therefore considered as valid subspecies in Rosa et al. (2017 b). The recent examination of additional material from the Russian Far East confirmed that the Far Eastern C.

sickmanni must be treated as valid species ( Figs 4, 5 ). These two species can be at once separated not only for the different coloration of metasoma, but also for the metasomal punctation and the shape of the apical teeth on the last tergum. In C.

sickmanni the metasoma is red to golden red, with a more or less narrow dark blue stripe at base of the tergum 2, sometimes also at base of the tergum 3 ( Fig. 4 ) (vs.

tergum 1 and large basal part of the tergum 2 green, with distal part of the tergum 2

and the tergum 3 flame red in C. uljanini ( Fig. 5 )); the metasomal punctation of C.

sickmanni is characterized by tiny and dense punctures all over the tergum 2 ( Fig. 4 ),

whereas in C. uljanini punctures on the tergum 2 are large and foveate decreasing towards the distal margin ( Fig. 5 ).

Figures

Figs 1–6. 1 – Chrysis mesasiatica Mocsáry, ♂ (Astrakhan Prov., Volskij); 2 – idem,