Chrysis castigata, Linsenmaier, 1959

Rosa, Paolo, 2019, A new remarkable species in the Chrysis ignita group (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) and an overview on Central Asian species, with new synonymies, Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (1), pp. 397-417 : 406

Chrysis castigata LINSENMAIER, 1959

Chrysis exsulans var. asiatica LINSENMAIER, 1951: 82, nom. praeocc., nec RADOSZKOWSKI, 1889. Holotype ♀; Uzbekistan: Fergana Valley (Budapest).

Chrysis (Chrysis) exsulans ssp. castigata LINSENMAIER, 1959: 155. Replacement name for Chrysis exsulans var. asiatica LINSENMAIER, 1951, nec RADOSZKOWSKI, 1889 (descr., ̎Turkestan̎).

Chrysis exsulans : KIMSEY & BOHART 1991: 410 (cat., syn.).

Chrysis castigata : LINSENMAIER 1997: 280 (tax., distr., Kazakhstan: Alma-Ata [= Almaty]).

Chrysis exsulans DAHLBOM, 1854: TARBINSKY 2000: 194 (key), 199 (cat., distr., Kyrgyzstan, Tian Shan and adjacent territories: Chatkalskiy crest, Kyrgyzskiy crest, Gissarskiy crest, Alajskiy crest, Talasskiy crest, Ferganskiy crest, Terskey Ala-Too, Kungey Ala-Too, Moldo-Too, Sari- Djaz, Chuy River valley, Boom canyon, Tyup River valley. Uzbekistan: Fergana).

Chrysis viridodentata TARBINSKY, 2000: 194 (key), 198 (descr.), 203 ( Figs 4-6 ). Holotype ♂; Kyrgyzstan: Tian Shan, Terskey Ala-Too, Ulahol , 24.vii.1975, leg. Yu. S. Tarbinsky (Bishkek). Nov. syn.

Chrysis (Chrysis) exsulans ssp. asiatica : ROSA et al. 2017e: 39 (typ., Plate 20).

R e m a r k s: The holotype male of Chrysis viridodentata TARBINSKY is very similar the male of C. castigata LINSENMAIER, sharing the same genital capsule. The main differences are the tip of the apical teeth on the third tergum with aberrant green colouration, the larger pits of the pit row and the narrower black spots on the second sternum. Given that C. viridodentata was described on a single specimen, I temporarily consider it as a synonym of C. castigata , waiting for the examination of additional material.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan. Russia (Buryatia Rep., Tuva Rep.) ( ROSA et al. 2017c).

Figures

Figs 4-8: Chrysis lyubae nov.sp.: (4) habitus, lateral view; (5) face, frontal view; (6) second and third tergum, dorso-lateral view; (7) metasoma, ventral view; (8) metasoma, posterior view.