Hedychrum massaicum Cameron, 1910

Rosa, Paolo & Vardal, Hege, 2015, An annotated catalogue of the types of Chrysididae (Hymenoptera) at the Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, with brief historical notes, ZooKeys 495, pp. 79-132 : 109-110

Hedychrum massaicum Cameron, 1910 Plate 28

Hedychrum massaicum : Cameron 1910: 299.

Type locality.

Tanzania: " Kilimandjaro. 2nd November ".

Holotype ♂.

[Kilimandj. Sjöstedt] [2 Nov] [Typus] [ Hedychrum massaicum ] <handwritten by Cameron> [173 85] <red label> [Riksmuseum Stockholm] <green label> [Holotype Hedychrum massaicum ♂ Cameron det L D French] <red label> [NHRS-HEVA000001101].

Remarks.

The type is badly damaged by dermestids. It lacks the antennae, the right part of the head, including mouthparts and occipitum and the right foreleg. Together with this type there are two other specimens ([NHRS-HEVA000001134] and [NHRS-HEVA000001135]) collected in the same locality by Sjöstedt and on Mount Meru, but to be excluded from the type-series because they were collected on different days. Cameron (1910) described Hedychrum massaicum based only on the specimen collected on the 2nd of November. The other two specimens have been collected the 6th of September and in January. French identified all of them as Hedychrum massaicum but one of the specimens [175 85] collected in January belongs to a different species. Bohart ( Kimsey and Bohart 1991: 216) examined the “holotype” deposited at the MZLU, but this specimen was not found, and all the material collected by Sjöstedt is deposited at the NHRS.

Current status.

Hedychrum massaicum Cameron, 1910.