Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Chrysididae

Ellampus hypocrita du Buysson, 1893 Plate 57

Ellampus hypocrita du Buysson 1893: 246.

Type locality.

"Mongolie: Kansu-Ielisyn-Kuse (Radoszkowsky); Perse: mer Caspienne occidentale".

Paralectotype

1♀ [box 59]: golden rounded label // Ellampus hypocrites n.sp. Buyss. [handwritten by du Buysson] // Kansu Jelisyn Kuse 20/VII [handwritten].

Remarks.

The species was described on two specimens conserved in MNHN and Kraków . Kimsey and Bohart (1991) included Ellampus hypocrita in the genus Omalus, but the punctuation on the mesonotum and the shape of the mesopleuron are typical characteristics of the genus Pseudomalus, therefore we propose the new combination Pseudomalus hypocrita (du Buysson, 1893). This specimen is close to Pseudomalus turkestanicus ( Mocsáry, 1889), but the margin of the third tergite has a distinct transparent rim, deeply incised in the middle, with two evident undulations similar to teeth at the notch base. Kimsey and Bohart (1991: 248) designated the lectotype by inference of "holotype" (ICZN art. 74.6).

Current status.

Pseudomalus hypocrita (du Buysson, 1893), comb. n.