Chrysis analis Spinola, 1808

Rosa, Paolo & Xu, Zai-fu, 2015, Annotated type catalogue of the Chrysididae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) deposited in the collection of Maximilian Spinola (1780 - 1857), Turin, ZooKeys 471, pp. 1-96 : 5-6

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Chrysididae

Chrysis analis Spinola, 1808 Plate 2

Chrysis analis : Spinola 1808: 26.

Type locality.

"Liguria".

Material.

Lectotype (here designated) ♂. Chrysis analis Spin. Ins. Lig. - non Meg.[erle] D. Ghiliani Genes [Genova] Espagne.

Paralectotype 1 ♂. Idem.

Catalogue Casolari & Casolari Moreno. Chrysis analis , 1, 110/101, 33, 5 (box 51).

Remarks.

Spinola (1808) described Chrysis analis based on a series of specimens: "Habitat passim in Liguria, haud infrequens". Today there are six specimens in the Spinola collection that refer to Chrysis analis , even though Casolari and Casolari (1980: 79) listed only five. One specimen bears a rounded label that was likely acquired after the description of the species. Two other specimens bear handwritten labels. However, the handwriting is not by Spinola and thus the specimens cannot be considered as type material; they were very likely collected by Ghiliani in Spain and later sent to Spinola, as reported on the white label at the base of the series. One specimen is a male of Chrysis splendidula Rossi. The remaining two specimens were collected at Genoa, as reported on the main underlying white label. Since there are different species found in the type series, we designate as lectotype of Chrysis analis Spinola an undamaged male that matches Spinola’s description of this species and the current interpretation of the species by most currently active authors. It belongs to the comparata - scutellaris group.

Current status.

Chrysis analis Spinola, 1808.