Philoctetes deauratus ( Mocsáry, 1914 ), Mocsary, 1914

Rosa, Paolo, Wei, Na-Sen, Notton, David & Xu, Zai-Fu, 2015, The genus Philoctetes Abeille de Perrin, 1879 from China, with description of two new species (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae), Zootaxa 4040 (4), pp. 433-444 : 435-436

Philoctetes deauratus ( Mocsáry, 1914)

( Figs 1 A–1F)

Ellampus deauratus Mocsáry, 1914: 2 . Lectotype (designated by Kimsey & Bohart, 1991: 267), ♀, China: Tientsin [= Tianjin] (BMNH) (examined).

Ellampus deauratus: Tsuneki 1947: 45 ; Tsuneki 1948: 119.

Omalus (Omalus) deauratus: Linsenmaier 1959: 20 .

Pseudomalus deauratus: Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 267 .

Philoctetes deauratus: Rosa et al. 2014: 31 .

Material examined. CHINA: 1♀, Tientsin [= Tianjin], 15.VI.1906, F.M. Thomson, 1907-200, 8 <handwritten by Mocsáry>, Ellampus deauratus Mocs. typ. det. Mocsáry <handwritten by Pável>, B.M. Type Hym 13.9, Holotype, BMNH (E) #970948, Lectotypus Ellampus deauratus Mocsáry ♀, Kimsey & Bohart design. 1991. Paralectotype: 1♀, Tientsin [= Tianjin], 15.VI.1906, F.M. Thomson, 1907-200.

Diagnosis. Female of Philoctetes deauratus ( Mocsáry, 1914) is close to that of P. horvathi ( Mocsáry, 1889) for habitus. It can be separated by metanotum conical not projected backward ( Figs 1 A, 1B), shorter than mesoscutellum dorso-medially ( Fig. 1 B) (slightly but always well distinct projected and almost as long as mesoscutellum in P. horvathi ); tegula with metallic red reflection (brown without metallic reflection in P. horvathi ); T2 with sparse punctuation dorsally ( Fig.1 B) (finely but densely punctuate in P. horvathi ); colouration shining golden-red with greenish reflections on pronotum and mesonotum (usually metallic red-purple in P. horvathi ).

Distribution. China ( Tianjin).

Remarks. Mocsáry (1914) described Ellampus deauratus based on an unknown number of female specimens collected in China at Tientsin [= Tianjin] on the 15.VI.1906 (by F.M. Thomson) and housed at the British Museum. At the BMNH two identical specimens bearing the same locality labels and collecting event are housed. According to the Code ( ICZN 1999: recommendation 73F) they are considered here as syntypes. One specimen was erroneously labelled as holotype by a former curator and later considered as holotype by Kimsey & Bohart (1991). Kimsey and Bohart’s inference that this specimen was a holotype is in effect a lectotype designation by inference of holotype ( ICZN 1999: article 74.6). A third specimen, collected during the same collecting event at Tientsin (= Tianjin) by F.M. Thomson on 15 June 1906, was labelled by G. Meade-Waldo as “compared with the type ” and it is currently housed at HNHM. This specimen cannot be considered as syntype because it does not match the original description given by Mocsáry (1914), and shows a completely different colouration.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Philoctetes deauratus (Mocsáry), ♀, lectotype. A. Habitus, dorsal view; B. Habitus, lateral view; C. Apex of T 3, posterior view.