Holopyga amoenula occidenta Linsenmaier, 1959a

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 : 9

Holopyga amoenula occidenta Linsenmaier, 1959a

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Holopyga amoenula ssp. occidenta Linsenmaier, 1959a: 31 (descr.), 186 (cat.).

Type locality. France, Spain: "Spanien, Süd-Frankreich. Selten. ♂ Type , ♀ Allotype (Süd-Frankreich, Carpentras, VII.–VIII.1951 /53, leg. Verhoeff) und Paratypen Coll. m." .

Holotype, ♂: [Fr]ance [Vau]cluse Carpentras 30.–31.VII.1951 PMF Verhoeff // ♂ Type Holopyga Dhlb. amoenula occidenta Lins. Linsenmaier det. 1959 // 35 // NML _ENT GBIF _ Chr 0003410 // (ex type-collection).

Allotype, ♀: France Var Callian Dr. Berland coll. Linsenmaier // ♀ Allotype Holopyga Dhlb. amoenula D. occidenta Lins. Linsenmaier det. 1959 // NML _ENT GBIF _Chr0003411 (ex type-collection).

Paratypes, 1♂: Soria 11.–13.7.57 Almenar Linsenmaier // ♂ Paratype Holopyga Dhlb. amoenula Dhlb. occidenta Lins. Linsenmaier det. 1959 // NML _ENT GBIF _Chr0003384; 1♂: Spanien 18.VII.49 Prov. Orense La Gudina leg. Dr. W. Marten Coll. Linsenmaier // ♂ Paratype Holopyga Dhlb. amoenula ssp. occidenta Lins. Linsenmaier det. 1959 // NML _ENT GBIF _Chr0003385.

Remarks. Linsenmaier (1959a) reported that the holotype male and allotype female were collected at Carpentras by Verhoeff in July and August 1951 and 1953, respectively. However, the specimen labeled as the allotype in collection was collected at Callian by Berland. This locality and collector were not mentioned in the original description. Nonetheless, we consider this specimen as part of the paratype series because Linsenmaier’s handwritten label and the year of identification align with the rest of the type series.

Conversely, there are three other specimens not labeled as paratypes but matching the original collecting events described by Linsenmaier (1959a). These includes two females and one male with the following labels: 1♀: France Vaucluse Carpentras 30.–31.VII.1951 PMF Verhoeff / Holopyga Dhlb. amoenula occidenta Lins. Linsenmaier det. 1959; 1♂ and 1♀: France Vaucluse Carpentras 1.–3.VIII.1953 PMF Verhoeff / Holopyga Dhlb. amoenula occidenta Lins. Linsenmaier det. 1963. One female was identified in 1959 and the two other specimens in 1963. It is possible that the female collected in 1951 could be the actual allotype mentioned in Linsenmaier (1959a) but was not correctly labelled.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Holopyga amoenula occidenta Linsenmaier, 1959a, holotype, male.A) Habitus, lateral view; inset: genital capsule. B) Head, frontal view. C) Head and mesosoma, dorsal view. D) Metasoma, dorsal view. E) Metasoma, lateral view. F) Metasoma, ventral view.