Hedychridium ardens (Coquebert, 1801)

Rosa, Paolo, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., Halada, Marek & Aibek, Ulykpan, 2020, First checklist of the chrysidid wasps (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) of Mongolia, with description of new species, ZooKeys 999, pp. 49-107 : 49

Hedychridium ardens (Coquebert, 1801)

Chrysis ardens Coquebert, 1801: 59. Holotype ♀; France: Bordeaux (MNHN?).

Hedychridium ardens : Móczár 1967: 189 (cat., Mongolia: Uvurkhangai aimag: Baga Bogd ul, between Somon Bogd and Somon Baruun Hajan-ulaan, 1900 m, Exp. Dr. Z. Kaszab, 1964, nr. 176, 23.VI.1964).

Material examined.

Mongolia: Arkhangai, 1 ♀, 90 km NE of Tsetserleg, 48°03'N, 102°25'E, 24.VII.2004, leg. JH (MHC); Bayankhongor, 9 ♀♀, 8 ♂♂, 16 km SW of Bayankhongor, 46°13'N, 100°30'E, 2165 m, 10.VII.2004, leg. JH (MHC); Dornod, 2 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂, 100 km W of Choilbalsan, 820 m, 23.VII.2007, leg. MH (MHC); 5 ♀♀, 2 ♂♂, 20 km W of Choilbalsan, 800 m, 48°01'N, 114°14'E, 24.VII.2007, leg. MH (MHC); Khentii, 1 ♀, 100 km NE of Ondorkhaan, Kerulen River, 970 m, 22.VII.2007, leg. MH (MHC); Selenge, 2 ♀♀, 90 km N of Ulaanbaatar, Segnez River, 1450 m, 6-8.VII.2003, leg. JH (MHC); Sukhbaatar, 1 ♀, 1 ♂, 100 km SSW of Baruun-Urt, 1100 m, 30.VII.2007, leg. MH (MHC); Ulaanbaatar, 7 ♀♀, Ulaanbaatar, Tuul River valley, 12.VII.2003, leg. JH (MHC); Zavkhan, 2 ♂♂, 40 km SW of Uliastay, dunes, 18.VII.2005, leg. JH (MHC).

Distribution.

Mongolia (*Arkhangai, *Bayankhongor, *Dornod, *Khentii, *Selenge, *Sukhbaatar, *Ulaanbaatar, Uvurkhangai, *Zavkhan); Asiatic-European, from Europe and Middle East to Russia (Far East) (Kimsey and Bohart 1991; Kurzenko and Lelej 2007).