Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Chrysididae

Ellampus araraticus Radoszkowski, 1890 Plate 56

Ellampus araraticus Radoszkowski 1890 (1889): 508.

Type locality.

"Ararat, entre Sardar-Abadu et Sarabandy (13,000 ’)” [given in the introduction].

Syntype

♀ [box 59]: golden rounded label // Ararat [printed] [yellow label] // Ellampus araraticus Rad. [handwritten by Mocsáry].

Remarks.

Kimsey and Bohart (1991: 224) placed Ellampus araraticus in the genus Holophris, without type examination. Based on the type analysis, Ellampus araraticus belongs to the genus Philoctetes sensu Kimsey and Bohart (1991). Another possible syntype is housed in MNHN (general collection box 5). The type is in perfect condition.

Current status.

Philoctetes araraticus Radoszkowski, 1890, comb. n.