Chrysis poetica Semenov, 1954

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Chrysis poetica Semenov, 1954 , stat. n.

Figs 7 , 13 , 18

Chrysis inaequalis var. caucasica Mocsáry, 1889: 484 . Holotype – ♂, Azerbaijan: Helenendorf [= Goygol] [MNHU], examined ( inaequalis group), nom. praeocc., nec Radoszkowski ,

1876.

Chrysis (Tetrachrysis) inaequalis var. sapphirina: Trautmann, 1927: 154 .

Chrysis inaequalis var. poëtica Semenov, 1954: 131 . Replacement name for Chrysis inaequalis var. caucasica Mocsáry, 1889 .

Chrysis (Pentachrysis) inaequalis sapphirina: Linsenmaier, 1959: 165 ; 1969: 368; Schmidt,

1977: 124.

Chrysis inaequalis caucasica: Vinokurov, 2012: 1873.

Chrysis inaequalis poetica: Rosa et al., 2017 a: 14 .

Chrysis inaequalis sapphirina: Rosa et al., 2017 b: 136 .

SPECIMENS EXAMINED. Russia: North Caucaus: Stavropol Terr.: Novozavedennoe , 10.VI 2002, 1♂ (NV) [ PRC]; same place, 18.VII 2004, 1♂ (NV) [ PRC] ;

env. Kislovodsk , 26.VI 2008, 1♂ (NV) [ PRC]; Mineralnye Vody , 12.VI 2007, 1♂

(NV) [ PRC]; Karachayevo-Cherkess Rep.: Teberda Nature Reserve, 17.VIII 2011,

1♂ (NV) [ PRC]; same place, 18.VIII 2011 , 1♂ (NV) [ PRC]; Dagestan Rep.: Barkhan

Sarykum, 31.V 2017, 1♂ (MM) [ PRC]. Ural : Orenburg Prov.: Semenovka, 28.VIII

2012, 1♂, leg. (MM) [ PRC]. Georgia: Mtskheta-Mtianeti, 14.VI 2016 , 1♂ (MM)

[ PRC]. Several dozen specimens from Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey in Linsenmaier and Rosa’s collection.

placida Mocsáry , ♂ (Orenburg Prov., Semenovka ); 9, 10 – C. sapphirina Semenov , ♂ (9,

Tajikistan; 10, Turkmenistan); 11 – C. lucidovenalis Tarbinsky , holotype, ♂ ( Kyrgyzstan,

Tian-Shan, Chatkal Valley). Scale bar: 1.0 mm.

DISTRIBUTION. Russia (European part, Ural), Georgia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria,

Cyprus, Greece, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Palestine, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan (Linsenmaier

1959, 1968; Semenov & Nikol’skaya 1954).

REMARKS. The name Chrysis inaequalis caucasica Mocsáry, 1889 is a junior homonym of C. caucasica Radoszkowski, 1876 and it was replaced with C.

inaequalis poetica (Semenov, 1954) . The type of C. inaequalis var. caucasica ,

doubtfully considered deposited at the NHMW (Kimsey & Bohart 1991), has been found at MNHU. The name C. inaequalis poetica has been overlooked by all authors (e.g. Linsenmaier, 1959, 1968; Schmidt, 1977; Tarbinsky, 2002; Rosa &

Soon, 2012; Vinokurov, 2012; Arens, 2014, Rosa et al., 2017 b), who used for this species the name C. inaequalis sapphirina Semenov, 1912 . However C. sapphirina

Semenov, 1912, herewith raised to species rank (see below), is not conspecific in southeastern Europe with C. inaequalis poetica , and so far only known for Central

Asian countries.

Chrysis inaequalis poetica is usually easily recognizable for the extensively green to golden-green coloration of male metasoma (Linsenmaier 1959); nevertheless the extent of the green color is variable, and specimens with the same coloration of C.

inaequalis Dahlbom, 1845 , with blue fore body and red metasoma, or C. placida

Mocsáry, 1879 ( Fig. 8 ), with the metasomal tergum 1 greenish to blue and the following flame red ( Fig. 7 ), also occur. Females consistently have completely red metasoma, as in both C. inaequalis and C. placida . Most reliable characters for its identification are the shape of male genitalia, with the inner side of gonocoxae slightly curved and apex more tapering ( Fig. 13 ), and the teeth of the apical margin of metasoma sharper and usually elongate ( Fig. 18 ). For these consistent differences in both external and genitalia features, together with barcoding data, supporting a genetic gap between the central European C. inaequalis and C. poetica from Bulgaria

(Rosa, unpublished data), I consider C. poetica as a valid species.

Lastly, I temporarily consider C. inaequalis cypernensis Linsenmaier, 1987 as a subspecies of C. poetica for its body coloration and the shape of male genitalia; this

Cypriot taxon was identified by Linsenmaier (1959) as C. inaequalis sapphirina and only later (Linsenmaier, 1987) considered it as a separate subspecies for the coarser punctures on metasoma and the shorter apical margin of the last tergum between pit-row and apical teeth. I wait for future molecular analyses prior to synonymise C. i. cypernensis with C. poetica .

Figures

Figs 7–11. 7 – Chrysis poetica Semenov, ♂ (Stavropol Terr., env. Kislovodsk); 8 – C.

Figs 12–16. Male genital capsule. 12 – Chrysis inaequalis Dahlbom, ♂ (Italy, Aosta Valley); 13 – C. poetica Semenov, ♂ (Karachayevo-Cherkess Rep., Teberda Nat. Res.); 14 – C. mysticalis Linsenmaier (Spain, Girona); 15 – C. placida Mocsáry, ♂ (Orenburg Prov., Semenovka); 16 – C. sapphirina Semenov, ♂ (Tajikistan, Kondara). Scale bar: 1.0 mm.

Figs 17–22. Metasomal tergum 3. 17 – Chrysis inaequalis Dahlbom, ♂ (Italy, Emilia- Romagna); 18 – C. poetica Semenov, ♂ (Stavropol Terr., Mineralnye Vody); 19 – C.