Hedychrum gerstaeckeri Chevrier, 1869

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47. Hedychrum gerstaeckeri Chevrier, 1869 Plate 11

Hedychrum gerstaeckeri Chevrier, 1869: 47. Syntypes ♀♀, Switzerland: Nyon, Beau-lac (47 (descr.), depository: MHNG)*.

Hedychrum marianum Mocsáry, 1911: 450. Lectotype ♀ design. by French (in Bohart and French 1986: 341), China (depository: HNHM)*.

Hedychrum marianum : Bischoff 1913: 19 (China, cat.); Wu 1941: 118 (China, cat.); Linsenmaier 1959: 41 (syn. of japonicum Mocsáry); Bohart and French 1986: 341 (China, lectotype design.); Kimsey and Bohart 1991: 214 (China, syn.).

Hedychrum gerstaeckeri f. marianum : Tsuneki 1947: 50 (tax., possible syn. of japonicum Cameron, 1887).

Hedychrum gerstaeckeri : Tsuneki 1947: 50 (comp. notes); Linsenmaier 1959: 36 (key), 37 (key), 40 (tax., descr.), 198 (figs 81-83); Kimsey and Bohart 1991: 214 (Taiwan, cat.); Linsenmaier 1997b: 33 (key), 62 (Taiwan, tax., descr., fig. 33), 63 (colour picture).

? Hedychrum gerstaeckeri ssp. formosaiense Linsenmaier, 1959: 41. Holotype ♂, Taiwan (41 (descr.), depository: RMNH).

Distribution.

China (Taiwan and mainland) ( Linsenmaier 1959). Widely distributed in the Palaearctic Region ( Mocsáry 1911; Trautmann 1927; Linsenmaier 1959; Kurzenko and Lelej 2007).

Remarks.

The placement of Hedychrum gerstaeckeri formosaiense Linsenmaier is uncertain. According to Tsuneki (1970b), it could be synonym or a form of Hedychrum japonicum Cameron, 1887.