Chrysis ignita

Rosa, Paolo, 2019, A new remarkable species in the Chrysis ignita group (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) and an overview on Central Asian species, with new synonymies, Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (1), pp. 397-417 : 408

Chrysis ignita ( LINNAEUS, 1758) sensu lato

Sphex ignita LINNAEUS, 1758: 571. Lectotype ♀ (designated by RICHARDS 1935: 159); Europe (London-Linnean Society).

Chrysis (Tetrachrysis) ignita : RADOSZKOWSKI 1877: 10 (key), 23 (descr., Uzbekistan: Kyzylkum Desert).

Chrysis (Tetrachrysis) ignita : RADOSZKOWSKI 1889: 29 (male genitalia descr., Turkmenistan: Ashgabat; Uzbekistan: Tashkent).

Chrysis (Tetrachrysis) ignita : MOCSÁRY 1889: 482 (key), 488 (descr., ̎Turkestan̎).

Chrysis (Tetrachrysis) ignita : SEMENOV & NIKOL̕SKAYA 1954: 130 (cat., distr., Peter the Great range).

R e m a r k s: Published records of Chrysis ignita from Central Asian countries, as well as from other former Soviet countries, refer to the species in the broad sense ( C. ignita sensu lato), and it is impossible to know which species of the C. ignita group were actually referred to.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Distribution. Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan. Trans- Palaearctic: from West Europe to Russian Far East ( ROSA et al. 2017d).