Holopyga cribrata ( Klug, 1835 )

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 : 52

Holopyga cribrata ( Klug, 1835)

Elampus cribratus Klug, 1835: 90 . Holotype ♂; Spain: Andalucia (type depository: Berlin) (type examined).

Remarks. Mocsáry (1889: 129), Dalla Torre (1892: 24), Bischoff (1913: 12), and Kimsey & Bohart (1991: 230) listed Holopyga cribrata ( Klug, 1835) as a valid species, whereas Linsenmaier (1951, 1959a, 1959b, 1968, 1987) did not mention it. Linsenmaier (1997) eventually acknowledged that Holopyga cribrata has the priority, but noted that without a type specimen and with a poor diagnosis it was not possible to assign it to a valid species. Examination of the type in Berlin confirms that Holopyga cribrata is conspecific with Holopyga inflammata ( Förster, 1853) and has priority over the latter. The species group is currently under revision. Considering the confusing use of the name H. gloriosa and its varieties in the Western Palaearctic until recent time, we suggest using the senior name H. cribrata in place of H. inflammata following the Principle of Priority (ICZN 1999).