Hedychridium hybridum creteense Linsenmaier, 1959b

Rosa, Paolo, Heim, René & Bernasconi, Marco Valerio, 2022, The Palaearctic types of Chrysididae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) deposited in the Linsenmaier collection. Part 2. Elampini: genus Hedychridium Abeille de Perrin, 1878, Zootaxa 5090 (1), pp. 1-94 : 28-29

Hedychridium hybridum creteense Linsenmaier, 1959b

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Hedychridium hybridum creteense Linsenmaier, 1959b: 234 (descr.); 1968: 30 (cat., ardens group).

Type locality. Crete: “ Kreta, ♀ Type , ♂ Allotype und Paratypen Coll. m. (verschiedene Fundorte [=different locations], leg. Mavromoustakis)” .

Holotype, ♀: Kreta 7. VII.59 near Knossos Mavromoustakis Coll. Linsenmaier // ♀ Type Hedychridium Ab. hybridum creteense Lins. Linsenmaier det. 1959 // 181 // NML _ENT GBIF _Chr0009218 (ex type-collection).

Allotype, ♂ and paratypes 2♂: Kreta 9. VII.59 near Knossos Mavromoustakis Coll. Linsenmaier // ♂ Allotype vorne Paratypen Hedychridium hybridum creteense Lins. Linsenmaier det. 1959 // NML _ENT GBIF _Chr0009219 (ex type-collection) .

Paratypes, 2♂: Kreta 26. VI.59 Ayios Gheorghios Mavromoustakis Coll. Linsenmaier // ♂ Paratypen Hedychridium Ab. hybridum creteense Lins. Linsenmaier det. 1959 // NML _ENT GBIF _Chr0009209 (ex synoptic collection); 1♀: Kreta 20. VI.59 near Knossos Mavromoustakis Coll. Linsenmaier // ♀ Paratype Hedychridium Ab. hybridum creteense Lins. Linsenmaier det. 1959 // NML _ENT GBIF _Chr0009210 (ex synoptic collection); 2♀: Kreta 9. VII.59 near Knossos Mavromoustakis Coll. Linsenmaier // ♀ Paratypen Hedychridium Ab. hybridum creteense Lins. Linsenmaier det. 1959 // NML _ENT GBIF _Chr0009211; 3♀: Kreta 16. VI.59 near Knossos Mavromoustakis Coll. Linsenmaier // ♀ Paratypen Hedychridium Ab. hybridum creteense Lins. Linsenmaier det. 1959 // NML _ENT GBIF _Chr0009212; 1♀: Kreta 21. VI.59 near Knossos Mavromoustakis Coll. Linsenmaier // ♀ Paratype Hedychridium Ab. hybridum creteense Lins. Linsenmaier det. 1959 // NML _ENT GBIF _Chr0009213; 4♀: Kreta 26. VI.59 Ayios Gheorghios Mavromoustakis Coll. Linsenmaier // ♀ Paratypen Hedychridium Ab. hybridum creteense Lins. Linsenmaier det. 1959 // NML _ENT GBIF _Chr0009214 (2 ♀) and NML _ENT GBIF _Chr0009215 (2 ♀); 1♀: Kreta 15. VI.59 Karteros Mavromoustakis Coll. Linsenmaier // ♀ Paratype Hedychridium hybridum creteense Lins. Linsenmaier det. 1959 // NML _ENT GBIF _Chr0009216; 3♀: Kreta 4. VII.59 near Knossos Mavromoustakis Coll. Linsenmaier // ♀ Paratypen Hedychridium Ab. hybridum creteense Lins. Linsenmaier det. 1959 // NML _ENT GBIF _Chr0009217 (ex Perraudin-collection).

Remarks. Hedychridium creteense can be considered as a valid species, recognisable by the elongate last flagellomere of both sexes and the colour of the propodeum, not distinctly contrasting the colour of scutellum and metanotum.

Figures

FIGURE 25. Hedychridium hybridum creteense Linsenmaier, 1959b, holotype, female. A) Habitus, dorsal view. B) Head, frontal view. C) Habitus, lateral view. D) Metasoma, postero-lateral view. E) Metasoma, ventral view. Scale bar 1 mm.