Ellampus hypocrita du Buysson, 1893

Rosa, Paolo, Wisniowski, Bogdan & Xu, Zai-fu, 2015, Annotated type catalogue of the Chrysididae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) deposited in the collection of Radoszkowski in the Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, ZooKeys 486, pp. 1-100 : 67

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Chrysididae

Ellampus hypocrita du Buysson, 1893 Plate 57

Ellampus hypocrita du Buysson 1893: 246.

Type locality.

"Mongolie: Kansu-Ielisyn-Kuse (Radoszkowsky); Perse: mer Caspienne occidentale".

Paralectotype

1♀ [box 59]: golden rounded label // Ellampus hypocrites n.sp. Buyss. [handwritten by du Buysson] // Kansu Jelisyn Kuse 20/VII [handwritten].

Remarks.

The species was described on two specimens conserved in MNHN and Kraków. Kimsey and Bohart (1991) included Ellampus hypocrita in the genus Omalus , but the punctuation on the mesonotum and the shape of the mesopleuron are typical characteristics of the genus Pseudomalus , therefore we propose the new combination Pseudomalus hypocrita (du Buysson, 1893). This specimen is close to Pseudomalus turkestanicus ( Mocsáry, 1889), but the margin of the third tergite has a distinct transparent rim, deeply incised in the middle, with two evident undulations similar to teeth at the notch base. Kimsey and Bohart (1991: 248) designated the lectotype by inference of "holotype" (ICZN art. 74.6).

Current status.

Pseudomalus hypocrita (du Buysson, 1893), comb. n.