Chrysis subcoerulea Radoszkowski, 1891

Rosa, Paolo, Wisniowski, Bogdan & Xu, Zai-fu, 2015, Annotated type catalogue of the Chrysididae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) deposited in the collection of Radoszkowski in the Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, ZooKeys 486, pp. 1-100 : 50

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Chrysididae

Chrysis subcoerulea Radoszkowski, 1891

Chrysis subcoerulea Radoszkowski 1891a: 191.

Type locality.

“Ashabad”.

Possible Syntypes

11♂♂♀♀ [box 61]: Tr-Cap Saraks.

Remarks.

Under the name Chrysis subcoerulea R. there are eleven specimens collected at Saraks. One male was sent in loan [Mus-PAN Krakow] but it is the only specimen different from the others and not belonging to the current interpretation of the species. One female is labelled as Chrysis subcoerulea by Radoszkowski and it bears a golden rounded label indicating a type specimen in the Radoszkowski collection. It is not easy to state whether they are truly syntypes, since the collecting locality is different: Saraks instead of Ashabad. As in other cases related to the same publication, it is possible that Ashabad is a locality in error: the two localities are close to each other and the great part of the specimens collected in Turkmenistan come from these two localities. In many other cases the localities given by Radoszkowski in 1891 did not match the locality labels found under the specimens. Another similar specimen is found in MNHN. Chrysis subcoerulea is related with Chrysis viridissima Klug, 1845 and belongs to the same species group. Kimsey and Bohart (1991: 467) placed Chrysis subcoerulea in the Chrysis comparata s. str. group, without type examination.

After the examination of the male type of Chrysis chlorochrysa Mocsáry we propose the new synonym: Chrysis subcoerulea Radoszkowski, 1891 = Chrysis chlorochrysa Mocsáry, 1889. Du Buysson (1895: 500) already considered Chrysis subcoerula as the female of chlorochrysa , but curiously without synonymizing it (Obs. - Le female décrit par M. le général O. Radoszkowsky appartient à la Chrysis chlorochrysa Mocs., d’après le spécimen que l’auteur a eu l’amabilité de m’envoyer.).

Current status.

Chrysis chlorochrysa Mocsáry, 1889.