Pseudomalus corensis (Uchida, 1927)

Rosa, P., 2018, New records of cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) from Russia with taxonomic notes, Far Eastern Entomologist 360, pp. 1-14 : 11

Pseudomalus corensis (Uchida, 1927)

Philoctetes punctatus var. corensis Uchida, 1927: 153 . Holotype – ♂, Korea [ South Korea near Seoul]: Seiryori, leg. E. Gallois [ EIHU].

Pseudomalus punctatus (Uchida, 1927): Kimsey & Bohart, 1991: 268, part.

Pseudomalus corensis: Rosa et al., 2014: 35 .

Pseudomalus nipponicus: Rosa et al. 2017e: 34 , ♀ ( Russia: Krasnoyarsk Terr.; Primorsky

Terr.), misidentification.

DISTRIBUTION: Russia (Krasnoyarsk Terr.; Primorsky Terr.), South Korea,

China (Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Shanxi) (Rosa et al. 2014, 2017e) .

REMARKS.The Russian specimens collected in Primorskii Territories match the description of Pseudomalus corensis (Uchida, 1927) from Korea. It has been described as a variation of Ps. punctatus (Uchida, 1927) and synonymized by

Kimsey & Bohart (1991) under Ps. punctatus. Nevertheless, Ps. punctatus is a species easily recognizable for the peculiar coloration, with a green-golden spot on mesoscutum, and the robust habitus similar to Ps. violaceus (Scopoli, 1763). All the examined specimens of Ps. corensis from Russia show a blue to violet coloration,

with slender and elongate habitus ( Fig. 31 ).

Figures

Figs 23–31. 23, 27 – Hedychrum virens Dahlbom, ♂ (Crimea, Karadag); 24, 28 – H.