Ellampus auratus virescens Mocsáry, 1889

Rosa, Paolo & Greeff, Michael, 2021, Types of Chrysididae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) deposited at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule in Zürich, Zootaxa 4908 (2), pp. 181-204 : 192-193

Ellampus auratus virescens Mocsáry, 1889

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Ellampus (Ellampus) auratus var. virescens Mocsáry, 1889: 91 . Lectotype ♀ designated by Móczár (1964b: 436); Russia: Sarepta (ETHZ).

Omalus auratus var. virescens: Móczár 1964b: 436 (synonymous of Omalus auratus ( Linnaeus, 1758)) .

Pseudomalus auratus var. virescens: Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 266 (synonymous of Pseudomalus auratus ( Linnaeus, 1758)) .

Type locality. Hungary, Romania, Russia: “ Russia meridionalis (Sarepta, Coll. Schultess-Rechbergi! et Saussurei!) Romania (Dobrutscha, Mus. Hung.); Hungaria centralis (Mus. Hung.) ”.

Lectotype, ♀: Sarepta // 858 // auratus virescens <handwritten in red> det. Mocsary // Omalus Pz. auratus L. Linsenmaier det. // Lecto- typus Ell. auratus var. virescens Mocsáry <red label handwritten by Móczár> // Omalus auratus L. det. L. Móczár // Schulthess Rechberg Collection.

Paralectotype, ♀: Sarepta // auratus virescens <handwritten in red> det. Mocsary // Omalus Pz. pusillus F. Linsenmaier det. // Schulthess Rechberg Collection.

Remarks. Móczár (1964b: 436) designated the lectotype at ETHZ and paralectotypes at HMNH and MHNG.

The type series includes specimens belonging to different species: Pseudomalus auratus ( Linnaeus, 1758) , Pseudomalus pusillus ( Fabricius, 1804) and Omalus biaccinctus (du Buysson in André, 1893) . As already stated by Móczár (1964b), the lectotype is a female of Pseudomalus auratus ( Linnaeus, 1758) (synonymised by Móczár 1964b, and transferred to Pseudomalus by Kimsey & Bohart 1991). In the catalogue of the Chrysididae of the world, Kimsey & Bohart (1991) listed syntypes housed only at HMNH and MHNG.

In Schulthess’ collection there are three other specimens bearing the same collecting label “Sarepta”. One female was identified as Ellampus auratus var. maculatus du Buysson by Mocsáry; 1 ♀ was identified as Ellampus auratus by Frey (identification confirmed by Linsenmaier) and finally 1 ♂ was identified as Omalus auratus by Linsenmaier. Although these specimens do not bear any type label or identification label handwritten by Mocsáry, they can be considered possible paralectotypes.

Figures

FIGURE 8. Ellampus auratus virescens, lectotype ♀. A) Habitus, lateral view. B) Habitus, frontal view. C) Habitus, dorsal view. D) Habitus, postero-lateral view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.