The Palaearctic types of cuckoo wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) deposited at Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, with notes on other type materials
Creators: name: Rosa, Paolo
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Hematology
subject: Infectious Diseases
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subject: Plant Biology
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description: This work presents a taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic types of Chrysididae preserved in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (MNHN), in Paris, with notes on non-Palaearctic types. A total of 854 types are revised, of which 546 are Palaearctic and listed in the present article. The museum houses 257 primary types of Palaearctic taxa and 172 primary types of non-Palaearctic taxa. 109 types of taxa previously considered to be lost or doubtfully deposited in Paris were found and labelled; 11 primary types considered to be deposited in Paris were found in other museums; 10 lectotypes or neotypes were designated in other museums and their paralectotypes are deposited at MNHN. Twenty previously designated lectotypes proved to be invalid and 10 types considered to be preserved in the museum proved to be non-type specimens. Sixteen misinterpretations of type materials are reported. Types spread in seven different collections at MNHN were merged together in a “typothèque” (type collection) stored apart from those deposited in the Abeille de Perrin collection and in the general collection. The neotype of <i>Elampus micans</i> Klug, 1835 is designated, and 38 lectotypes are designated for: <i>Chrysis angustifrons</i> Abeille de Perrin, 1878; <i>C. angustifrons</i> var. <i>castillana</i> du Buysson, 1894; <i>C. aureicollis</i> Abeille de Perrin, 1878; <i>C. aurotecta</i> Abeille de Perrin, 1878; <i>C. barbara</i> Lucas, 1849; <i>C. bidentata</i> var. <i>maculifrons</i> du Buysson, 1895; <i>C. cerastes</i> Abeille de Perrin, 1877; <i>C. dives</i> Lucas, 1849; <i>C. dorsata</i> Brullé, 1833; <i>C. elzearii</i> du Buysson, 1894; <i>C. fugax</i> Abeille de Perrin, 1878; <i>C. gribodoi</i> Abeille de Perrin, 1877; <i>C. incisa</i> Abeille de Perrin &amp; du Buysson, 1877; <i>C. igneola</i> du Buysson, 1896; <i>C. ignita</i> var. <i>rutiliventris</i> Abeille de Perrin, 1879; <i>C. igniventris</i> Abeille de Perrin, 1877; <i>C. laevigata</i> Abeille de Perrin, 1879; <i>C. oraniensis</i> Lucas, 1849; <i>C. phryne</i> Abeille de Perrin, 1878; <i>C. rufitarsis</i> Brullé, 1833; <i>Chrysis uncifera</i> Abeille de Perrin, 1878; <i>C. virgo</i> Abeille de Perrin, 1877; <i>Cleptes abeillei</i> du Buysson, 1887; <i>Elampus bidentatus</i> Lucas, 1849; <i>E. chlorosoma</i> Lucas, 1849; <i>Ellampus araraticus</i> Radoszkowski 1890; <i>E. biaccinctus</i> du Buysson, 1892; <i>Hedychridium minutum</i> var. <i>aereolum</i> du Buysson, 1892; <i>H. minutum</i> var. <i>viridimarginale</i> du Buysson, 1892; <i>H. roseum</i> var. <i>chloropyga</i> du Buysson, 1888; <i>Hedychrum micans</i> Lucas, 1849; <i>Holopyga gloriosa</i> var. <i>aureomaculata</i> Abeille de Perrin, 1879; <i>Notozus productus</i> var. <i>vulgata</i> du Buysson, 1892; <i>Omalus aeneus</i> var. <i>pygialis</i> du Buysson, 1887; <i>O. auratus</i> var. <i>abdominalis</i> du Buysson, 1887; <i>Philoctetes abeillei</i> du Buysson, 1892; <i>P. chobauti</i> du Buysson, 1896; <i>P. tiberiadis</i> Abeille de Perrin &amp; du Buysson, 1887. Five species are revalidated: <i>Chrysis incisa</i> Abeille de Perrin, 1887; <i>C. japanensis</i> Linsenmaier, 1951; <i>C. teilhardi</i> du Buysson, 1908; <i>Hedychridium hispanicum</i> du Buysson, 1892; <i>Pentachryis goliath</i> (Abeille de Perrin, 1878). <i>Haba pygmaea</i> (du Buysson, 1898) <b>n. comb.</b> is raised to species rank and moved to the genus <i>Haba</i> from the genus <i>Holopyga</i>. <i>Isadelphus somalinus</i> Zimmermann, 1952 is transferred to the genus <i>Cephaloparnops</i> Semenow, 1901 <b>n. comb.</b> <i>Chrysis mauritii</i> du Buysson, 1896 is included in the <i>graelsii</i> group; <i>C. sinuosiventris</i> Abeille de Perrin, 1878 is transferred to the <i>elegans</i> group; <i>C. serva</i> du Buysson, 1898a to the <i>bihamata</i> group; <i>C. moriceana</i> du Buysson, 1900 to the <i>maculicornis</i> group. Eleven new synonymies are proposed: <i>Elampus bidentatus</i> Lucas, 1849 <b>n. syn.</b> of <i>Pseudomalus auratus</i> (Linnaeus, 1758); <i>E. particeps</i> du Buysson, 1892 <b>n. syn.</b> of <i>Elampus konowi</i> (du Buysson, 1892); <i>Chrysis bidentata</i> var. <i>intermedia</i> du Buysson, 1887b <b>n. syn.</b> of <i>C. viridula</i> Linnaeus, 1761; <i>C. chevrieri</i> Abeille de Perrin, 1877 <b>n. syn.</b> of <i>C. sybarita</i> Förster, 1853; <i>C. continentalis</i> Linsenmaier, 1959 <b>n. syn.</b> of <i>C. dominula</i> Abeille de Perrin, 1877; <i>C. fulvicornis</i> var. <i>lateralis</i> du Buysson 1900 <b>n. syn.</b> of <i>C. annulata</i> Abeille de Perrin &amp; du Buysson, 1887; <i>C. pseudoincisa</i> Balthasar, 1953 <b>n. syn.</b> of <i>C. incisa</i> Abeille de Perrin &amp; du Buysson, 1887; <i>C. psittacina</i> du Buysson, 1887 <b>n. syn.</b> of <i>C. regina</i> Abeille de Perrin &amp; du Buysson, 1887; <i>Hedychridium minutum aereolum</i> du Buysson in André, 1892 <b>n. syn.</b> of <i>H. ardens</i> (Coquebert, 1801); <i>Hedychrum lucidulum lepeletieri</i> du Buysson, 1898 <b>n. syn.</b> of <i>H. rutilans</i> Dahlbom, 1854; <i>Omalus aeneus</i> var. <i>pygialis</i> du Buysson, 1887 <b>n. syn.</b> of <i>Pseudomalus violaceus</i> (Scopoli, 1763). Additionally, five taxa are considered <i>nomina dubia</i>: <i>Chrysis indica</i> Schrank, 1802; <i>C. mendax</i> Abeille de Perrin, 1878; <i>Ellampus testaceicornis</i> du Buysson, 1892; <i>Hedychrum nanum</i> Chevrier, 1870; <i>Holopyga semiignita</i> Marquet, 1878; four names are considered <b>nomina nuda</b>: <i>Chrysis apicata</i> Abeille de Perrin, 1877, <i>C. delphinalis</i> Giraud (in du Buysson 1899), <i>C. dufouri</i> Abeille de Perrin, 1879 and <i>C. rugosula</i> Abeille de Perrin, 1879; one name is declared as <b>nomen oblitum</b>: <i>Chrysis candens</i> Preyssler, 1791, and one as <b>nomen protectum</b>, <i>Chrysis candens</i> Germar, 1817. The replacement name <i>Chrysis roberti</i> <b>nom. nov.</b> is proposed for <i>C. escalerai</i> du Buysson, 1911, <i>nec</i> García Mercet, 1904. All newly designated lectotypes and types of critical taxonomic cases are illustrated.