Hedychridium hybridum Linsenmaier, 1959a

(Fig. 24A–24E)

Hedychridium (Hedychridium) hybridum Linsenmaier, 1959a: 44 (key), 53 (descr.), 187 (cat.), 200 (fig. 188); 1968: 30 (cat. ardens group); 1997: 255 (diagn.).

Hedychridium hybridium: Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 196 (incorrect subsequent spelling).

Hedychridium elegantulum du Buysson, 1887: Rosa et al. 2015: 525 (synonymised).

Type locality. France: “ Süd-Frankreich, ♀ Type (Fréjus, VII.1956) und Paratype (Banyuls s.M., VI.1948, leg. Verhoeff) Coll. m., ♀ Paratype Coll. Verhoeff ”.

Holotype, ♂ [not ♀]: France Var 56 St. Aygulf A. Juli leg. Linsenmaier // ♀ Type Hedychridium Ab. hybridum Lins. Linsenmaier det. 1959 // ♂ Hedychridium Ab. elegantulum Buysson det. Linsenmaier 1997 (ex type-collection) // NML _ ENT GBIF _ Chr0009290.

Paratype, 1♂: France - Pyr. or. Banyuls s. Mer 14. –17.VI.1948 PMF Verhoeff // Paratype ♀ Hedychridium Ab. hybridum Lins. Linsenmaier det. 1959 // ♀ Hedychridium Ab. elegantulum Buysson det. Linsenmaier 1997.

Remarks. The type is a male, not a female. Based on the information found in his collection, Linsenmaier considered Hedychridium hybridum a synonym of H. elegantulum du Buysson, but he never published this information. The type locality is not Fréjus, as given in the original description, but Saint-Aygulf, a small village close to Fréjus.