Elampus ambiguus Eversmann, 1857

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 : 63-64

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Chrysididae

Elampus ambiguus Eversmann, 1857 Plate 54

Elampus ambiguus Eversmann 1857: 549 nec Dahlbom, 1854.

Type locality.

"Cepi in provincia Saratoviensi".

Holotype

♂ [box 59]: scutellum armatum [hadwritten by Eversmann] // red rounded label // blue rounded label // Elampus ambiguus Dlbm [handwritten by Eversmann] // Sarat. [handwritten] // golden rounded label // Evermanni Mocs. [handwritten by Radoszkowski] // 105 [printed].

Remarks.

The description provided by Linsenmaier (1959: 23) is mostly accurate. The main difference is in the colour of the specimen. The type is not entirely black-violet, but rather blue, with a few light blue metallic reflections on legs and on the lateral sides of mesonotum. Only the metanotum and the metanotal projection appear dark blue to dull black.

Current status.

Elampus eversmanni ( Mocsáry, 1889), replacement name for Elampus ambiguus Eversmann, 1857.