Hedychrum caucasicum Mocsáry, 1889

Rosa, P., 2018, New records of cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) from Russia with taxonomic notes, Far Eastern Entomologist 360, pp. 1-14 : 9

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scientific name	Hedychrum caucasicum Mocsáry, 1889
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Hedychrum caucasicum Mocsáry, 1889 , stat. n.

Figs 24, 28 View Figs 23–31. 23, 27

Hedychrum virens var. caucasicum Mocsáry, 1889: 171 . Holotype – ♂, Azerbaijan:

Helenendorf [= Goygol], examined [NHMW]; Trautmann, 1927: 71, 76.

SPECIMENS EXAMINED. Russia: Kalmyk Rep., 26 km NW of Artesian,

14.VI 2017, 1♀ (MM) [ PRC]; Dagestan Rep.: Kamyshchay river valley, 11.VI

2017, 1♂ (MM) [ PRC]. Georgia: Kvemo-Kartli , 6 km N vill. Dzhandari, 24.VI

2016, 1♂ (MM) [ PRC]. Syria: ar-Raqqa, Mishirfeh , 4.VI 2000 , 1♀, leg. K. Deneš

jr. [ PRC].

DISTRIBUTION. Russia (new record) (European part), Azerbaijan, Cyprus,

Georgia, Iran (East Azerbaijan or Qazvin), Greece (Rhodes), Syria (new record),

Turkey (Linsenmaier, 1959, Rosa et al., 2013).

REMARKS. Color, punctuation and male genitalia of H. caucasicum are different compared with H. virens Dahlbom, 1854 : head and mesosoma green to greenish,

metasoma red to golden red ( Fig. 24 View Figs 23–31. 23, 27 ) (vs. head and mesosoma dark blue to dark purple and metasoma golden red to flame red in H. virens ( Fig. 23 View Figs 23–31. 23, 27 )); female metasoma with larger punctures along lateral and distal margins, sparser on disc of tergum 2 (vs. even punctation with small punctures in H. virens ); male genitalia with digitus reaching well beyond cuspis half-length ( Fig. 28 View Figs 23–31. 23, 27 ) (vs. hardly reaching half-length in H. virens ) ( Fig. 27 View Figs 23–31. 23, 27 ). Due to these morphological features, I here raise