Chrysura foveata Dahlbom, 1845

Rosa, Paolo & Vardal, Hege, 2015, An annotated catalogue of the types of Chrysididae (Hymenoptera) at the Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, with brief historical notes, ZooKeys 495, pp. 79-132 : 105-106

Chrysura foveata Dahlbom, 1845 Plate 24

Chrysura foveata : Dahlbom 1845: 6.

Type locality.

Egypt.

Syntype ♀.

[Egypt] [Hedb.] [NHRS-HEVA000001083].

Syntype ♂.

[Egypt] [Hedb.] [NHRS-HEVA000001084].

Remarks.

Chrysura foveata was described based on few specimens (rar.) considered as females, but in the collection one female and one male are found. Dahlbom (1854: 172) gave a subsequent description of the species, which is not very precise, especially with respect to the colour. Kimsey and Bohart (1991: 497) placed Chrysura foveata in synonym with Chrysura trimaculata ( Förster, 1853), without type examination. This synonym is in error; Chrysura foveata was described from Egypt, whereas Chrysura trimaculata is a Euro-Sibiric species, not distributed in northern Africa and belonging to a different genus. Chrysura foveata belongs to the Chrysis hydropica group.

Current status.

Chrysis foveata (Dahlbom, 1845) (transferred by Mocsáry 1889: 292).