Chrysis pulchella 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 : 25-26

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Chrysididae

Chrysis pulchella Spinola, 1808 Plate 24

Chrysis pulchella : Spinola 1808: 28.

Type locality.

"Habitat in agro Arquatensi [Arquata Scrivia], rara".

Material.

Lectotype (here designated) ♂. Chrysis pulchella Lepell. Liguria.

Catalogue Casolari & Casolari Moreno. Chrysis pulchella , 148, 145, 0, 3 (box 51).

Remarks.

The type series was based on multiple specimens. When Spinola wrote "rara" it meant that he examined few specimens; when he wrote "rarissima" it meant that he examined only one specimen. At present there are three specimens in the Spinola collection under the name Chrysis pulchella : one male, without a metasoma, acquired via the Serville collection; one male of Chrysis bicolor Lepeletier, received by a French entomologist and bearing a rounded numerical label (6298); and a male specimen that is referable to the original description of the species and designated here as lectotype. It is unfortunately badly damaged, missing part of its head, all sternites, the internal urites, and some of its legs. It belongs to the Chrysis pulchella group.

Current status.

Chrysis pulchella Spinola, 1808.