Holopyga chrysonota ( Förster, 1853 )

Rosa, Paolo, Felsner, Christian, Heim, René, Greeff, Michael, Michez, Denis & Bernasconi, Marco Valerio, 2025, The Palaearctic types of Chrysididae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) deposited in the Linsenmaier collection. Part 5. Elampini: genus Holopyga Dahlbom, 1845, Zootaxa 5565 (1), pp. 1-66 : 51

Holopyga chrysonota ( Förster, 1853)

Ellampus chrysonotus Förster, 1853: 347 . Holotype ♀; Hungary (type depository: Berlin) (examined).

Holopyga chrysonota : auctorum.

Remarks. Holopyga chrysonota is a common and widespread European species, primarily found in the southern and central parts of Europe. Linsenmaier (1959a) described two subspecies of H. chrysonota , namely H. c. appliata Linsenmaier, 1959a and H. c. discolor Linsenmaier, 1959a.

The type of Holopyga chrysonota ( Förster, 1853) , housed in Berlin, is a female that matches the description of Holopyga ignicollis as interpreted by Linsenmaier (1959a) ( Rosa et al. 2020b). Consequently, Holopyga ignicollis Eversmann, 1858 (= H. ignicollis Dahlbom, 1854 in Linsenmaier 1959a) has been synonymised with Holopyga chrysonota ( Förster, 1853) by Rosa et al. (2020b), as previously already stated by Mocsáry (1889). The first available name for Holopyga chrysonota sensu Linsenmaier (1959a) is Holopyga similis Mocsáry, 1889 , with the type examined in Budapest and illustrated in Rosa et al. (2017c, 2020b). The two subspecies of Holopyga chrysonota described by Linsenmaier (1959a) are now considered subspecies of H. similis . However, the actual status remains to be evaluated through morphological and genetic studies.