Hedychridium atratum Linsenmaier, 1968

Rosa, Paolo, Heim, René & Bernasconi, Marco Valerio, 2022, The Palaearctic types of Chrysididae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) deposited in the Linsenmaier collection. Part 2. Elampini: genus Hedychridium Abeille de Perrin, 1878, Zootaxa 5090 (1), pp. 1-94 : 8

Hedychridium atratum Linsenmaier, 1968

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Hedychridium (Hedychridium) atratum Linsenmaier, 1968: 129 (descr., monochroum group); 1987: 141 (allotype desig., descr., diagn.).

Holopyga (Chamaeholopyga) atrata : present paper.

Type locality. Turkey: “ Klein-Asien , Mut, V.67, leg. Schmidt, ♀ Type in Coll. m., ♀ Paratype in Coll. Schmidt ” .

Holotype, ♀: Mut Asia minor 27.–30.V.1967 leg. Jos. Schmidt // ♀ Type Hedychridium Ab. atratum Lins. Linsenmaier det. 1968 // 299 // NML _ENT GBIF _ Chr 0009747 (ex type-collection).

Remarks. The allotype designation by Linsenmaier (1987) is invalid because it was based on a specimen not included in the original description. Linsenmaier (1968) described this species in the Hedychridium monochroum group, nevertheless it belongs to Chamaeholopyga Linsenmaier, 1987 . This species is strictly related to Chamaeholopyga rubrinigra Linsenmaier, 1987 from Israel. It can be separated from the latter by mesosomal punctation largely separated with polished intervals (vs. dense punctation, with contiguous punctures and without interspaces in C. rubrinigra ). The genus Chamaeholopyga deserves the generic status, but this will be discussed in a forecoming paper focused on Chrysididae genera.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Hedychridium atratum Linsenmaier, 1968, holotype, female. A) Habitus, lateral view. B) Head, frontal view. C) Head, dorsal view. D) Habitus, dorsal view. E) Metasoma, postero-lateral view. F) Metasoma, postero-lateral view. Scale bar 1 mm.