Chrysis pallidicornis Spinola, 1838

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 : 24-25

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Chrysididae

Chrysis pallidicornis Spinola, 1838 Plate 22

Chrysis pallidicornis : Spinola 1838: 451.

Type locality.

Egypt.

Material.

Lectotype (here designated) ♀. Chrysis pallidicornis m. N. sp., Egitto / 204.

Paralectotype 1 ♂, no labels.

Catalogue Casolari & Casolari Moreno. Chrysis pallidicornis , 1, 23, 0, 2 (box 51).

Remarks.

There are two specimens under this name in the Spinola collection: one male and one female. However, they do not exhibit the typical large label at the base of the specimen series. Only the female bears two labels: [204] and [ Chrysis pallidicornis m. [mihi] n. sp., Egitto] handwritten by Spinola. Linsenmaier (1959) examined both types. Since it is not mentioned in the original description how many specimens the author examined, Linsenmaier considered both as syntypes. We designate the specimen bearing Spinola’s handwritten labels as lectotype to ensure a correct future identification in this species, which belong to a species-rich and taxonomically currently complicated species group ( Zimmermann 1959). The selected specimen matches Linsenmaier’s interpretation of the species ( Linsenmaier 1959). On Plate 22, the type label is erroneously given as holotype instead of lectotype. It belongs to the Chrysis pallidicornis group.

Current status.

Chrysis pallidicornis Spinola, 1838.