Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Chrysididae

Spintharis mocsaryi Radoszkowski, 1890

Spintharis Mocsaryi Radoszkowski 1890: 508.

Type locality.

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

Holotype

♂ [box 60]: golden rounded label // Caucas Mlok [printed] // Mocsary [handwritten by Radoszkowski].

Remarks.

The specimen found in the Radoszkowski collection under the name Spintharis mocsaryi was collected by Mlokosewicz in “Caucasus” . In the original description, the locality is not given. The specimen matches the original description. The most important authors ( Mocsáry 1889, Dalla Torre 1892, Bischoff 1913, du Buysson (in André) 1896, Zimmermann 1927, Balthasar 1953, and lastly Linsenmaier 1968) considered Spintharis mocsaryi as a valid species. It is a synonym of Spintharina vagans (Radoszkowski). Bohart (1987) did not list Spintharis mocsaryi in the key to the genus Spintharis, probably he already considered Spintharis mocsaryi as a synonym of Spintharina vagans .

Current status.

Spintharina vagans (Radoszkowski, 1877) (synonymised by Kimsey and Bohart 1991: 558).