Chrysis tingitana Bischoff in Nadig & Nadig, 1935

Rosa, Paolo & Greeff, Michael, 2021, Types of Chrysididae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) deposited at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule in Zürich, Zootaxa 4908 (2), pp. 181-204 : 189-190

Chrysis tingitana Bischoff in Nadig & Nadig, 1935

( Figs 6A, B , 7 A–D)

Chrysis tingitana Bischoff in Nadig & Nadig, 1935: 15 . Holotype ♀; Morocco: Asni (ETHZ).

Chrysis (Chrysis) tingitana: Linsenmaier 1959: 136 (descr., emarginatula group); Linsenmaier 1999: 186 (descr., emarginatula group), 193 (fig. 242).

Chrysis tingitana: Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 471 (cat., elegans group).

Type locality. Morocco: “ Asni , 9 ♀, 3 ♁; Goundafa, 1♀ ” (pag. 16), “Ein ♀ und ♁ sind als Typus resp. Allotypus (Asni, in coll. Nadig) bezeichnet, die übrigen Stücke als Paratypen (in coll. Bischoff et Nadig) ”.

Holotype, ♀: Asni , Maroc 10.–14.VII.32 Ad. Nadig // Chrysis tingitana Bisch ♀ typus det. Bischoff // red label.

Paratypes, 1♀: Goundafa , Maroc 14.–15.VII.32 Ad. Nadig // Holo-Chrysis tingitana Bisch n.sp. ♀ det. Ad. Nadig; 2♀♀: Asni , Maroc 10.–14.VII.32 Ad. Nadig // Chrysis tingitana Bisch ♀ Paratypus det. Bischoff // red label; 1♂: same collecting data // Chrysis tingitana Bisch ♀ Allotypus det. Bischoff // red label; 1♂: same collecting data // Chrysis tingitana Bisch ♀ Paratypus det. Bischoff // red label.

Remarks. In the original description, 12 type specimens from Asni and one from Goundafa are mentioned. In the ETHZ collection, there are 10 specimens from Asni and one from Goundafa. We consider only six specimens (two ♂, four ♀) from Asni and 1 ♀ from Goundafa to be types, because they bear an additional red label. Other specimens from Asni without red label are considered doubtful types, since the total number of known specimens is apparently higher than those given in the original description. In fact, in the Zimmermann collection (NHMW) there is another female specimen collected by Nadig at Asni, 10–14.VII.32, labelled Holo-Chrysis tingitana Bisch n.sp. det. Ad. Nadig ( Rosa et al. 2020); 2 ♀, 1 ♂ with the same labels are deposited in the Linsenmaier collection at NMLU and others are deposited in Bischoff’s collection at MfN. Very likely, Nadig collected more specimens of Chrysis tingitana at Asni and sent only 13 selected specimens to Bischoff for the description. Kimsey & Bohart (1991) reported the depository of the holotype erroneoulsy at MfN instead of ETHZ.

Chrysis tingitana was listed for the Italian fauna by Strumia (1995) as a species possibly accidentally introduced. In the following years, it was listed as an introduced species (e.g. Audisio et al. 2009) but we can confirm that the specimen cited by Strumia (1995) was collected in Morocco and later erroneously labelled as collected from a locality in Lazio ( Italy), and for this reason it was excluded from the European fauna by Rosa & Soon (2012).

Figures

FIGURE 6. Chrysis tingitana, holotype ♀. A) Habitus, dorsal view. B) Habitus, lateral view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.

FIGURE 7. Chrysis tingitana, holotype ♀. A) Head, frontal view. B) Metasoma, postero-lateral view. C) Metasoma, posterior view. D) Metasoma, ventral view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.