Euchroeus mon golicus Tsuneki, 1947

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167. Euchroeus mon golicus Tsuneki, 1947 Plate 59

Euchroeus purpuratus f. mongolicus Tsuneki, 1947: 54. Holotype ♀, China: Inner Mongolia: Apaka (54 (descr., biol.), 55 (ecol.), depository: NIAS).

Euchroeus purpuratus mongolicus : Tsuneki 1948a: 124 (China: Manchuria, Nanpintsun, tax., descr.), 128 (Shanxi, cat.).

Euchroeus (Euchroeus) mongolicus : Linsenmaier 1959: 73 (Mongolia [= Inner Mongolia], tax., descr.), 200 (fig. 213).

Brugmoia quadrata (Shuckard, 1837): Kimsey and Bohart 1991: 296 (cat.).

Material examined.

Paratypes, 2♂♂2♀♀, Apaka, Inner Mongolia, 4.VI.1939, K. Tsuneki, Euchroeus purpuratus mongolicus m. (NMLS).

Distribution.

China (Inner Mongolia, Shanxi).

Host.

Possible host is Podalonia caucasica Morawitz ( Hymenoptera , Sphecidae ).

Remarks.

Euchroeus mongolicus was synonymised with Brugmoia quadrata (= Euchroeus purpuratus ) by Kimsey and Bohart (1991). But, the generic name Euchroeus Latreille, 1809 and specific name Chrysis purpurata Fabricius, 1787 were conserved by ICZN (1998). As a result the generic name Brugmoia Radoszkowski, 1877 (used by Kimsey and Bohart (1991)) is a junior synonym of Euchroeus Latreille, 1809, and the name quadrata is a junior synonym of purpurata.

Euchroeus mongolicus is well characterized by the male’s colouration (similar to that of the female, in contrast with the green-blue colouration of the males belonging to this genus) and by its sparse punctuation, the smallest mandibles and shorter tongue compared with the typical Euchroeus purpuratus .