Chrysis refulgens Spinola, 1806

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 : 29-30

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Chrysididae

Chrysis refulgens Spinola, 1806 Plate 28

Chrysis refulgens : Spinola 1806: 8.

Type locality.

"Habitat prope Genuam [Genoa], haud infrequens".

Material.

Lectotype (here designated) ♀. Chrysis refulgens , Spin. 36. scutellata , Panz. Genes [= Genoa].

Catalogue Casolari & Casolari Moreno. Chrysis refulgens , 1, 110, 0, 2 (box 50).

Remarks.

Spinola (1806) described Chrysis refulgens based on a number of specimens (haud infrequens) collected in Liguria (Genoa). In his collection, there are two specimens collected at Genoa, but only the single one female specimen of these belongs to this species; the male specimen belongs to Chrysis graelsii Guérin, 1846, which therefore has to be excluded from the syntype series. To avoid future misinterpretation of the specimens in the Spinola collection, we designate the above female matching the description provided by Spinola as the lectotype of Chrysis refulgens Spinola. It is missing the right antenna and the left flagellum. Kimsey and Bohart (1991: 495) cited another type at MNHN. It belongs to the Chrysis radians group.

Current status.

Chrysura refulgens (Spinola, 1806) (transferred by Kimsey and Bohart 1991: 495).