Hedychridium hybridum creteense Linsenmaier, 1959b

Rosa, Paolo, Heim, René & Bernasconi, Marco Valerio, 2022, The Palaearctic types of Chrysididae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) deposited in the Linsenmaier collection. Part 2. Elampini: genus Hedychridium Abeille de Perrin, 1878, Zootaxa 5090 (1), pp. 1-94 : 28-29

Hedychridium hybridum creteense Linsenmaier, 1959b

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Hedychridium hybridum creteense Linsenmaier, 1959b: 234 (descr.); 1968: 30 (cat., ardens group).

Type locality. Crete: “ Kreta, ♀ Type, ♂ Allotype und Paratypen Coll. m. (verschiedene Fundorte [=different locations], leg. Mavromoustakis)”.

Holotype, ♀: Kreta 7.VII.59 near Knossos Mavromoustakis Coll. Linsenmaier // ♀ Type Hedychridium Ab. hybridum creteense Lins. Linsenmaier det. 1959 // 181 // NML _ ENT GBIF _ Chr0009218 (ex type-collection).

Allotype, ♂ and paratypes 2♂: Kreta 9.VII.59 near Knossos Mavromoustakis Coll. Linsenmaier // ♂ Allotype vorne Paratypen Hedychridium hybridum creteense Lins. Linsenmaier det. 1959 // NML _ ENT GBIF _ Chr0009219 (ex type-collection).

Paratypes, 2♂: Kreta 26.VI.59 Ayios Gheorghios Mavromoustakis Coll. Linsenmaier // ♂ Paratypen Hedychridium Ab. hybridum creteense Lins. Linsenmaier det. 1959 // NML _ ENT GBIF _ Chr0009209 (ex synoptic collection); 1♀: Kreta 20.VI.59 near Knossos Mavromoustakis Coll. Linsenmaier // ♀ Paratype Hedychridium Ab. hybridum creteense Lins. Linsenmaier det. 1959 // NML _ ENT GBIF _ Chr0009210 (ex synoptic collection); 2♀: Kreta 9.VII.59 near Knossos Mavromoustakis Coll. Linsenmaier // ♀ Paratypen Hedychridium Ab. hybridum creteense Lins. Linsenmaier det. 1959 // NML _ ENT GBIF _ Chr0009211 ; 3♀: Kreta 16.VI.59 near Knossos Mavromoustakis Coll. Linsenmaier // ♀ Paratypen Hedychridium Ab. hybridum creteense Lins. Linsenmaier det. 1959 // NML _ ENT GBIF _ Chr0009212 ; 1♀: Kreta 21.VI.59 near Knossos Mavromoustakis Coll. Linsenmaier // ♀ Paratype Hedychridium Ab. hybridum creteense Lins. Linsenmaier det. 1959 // NML _ ENT GBIF _ Chr0009213 ; 4♀: Kreta 26.VI.59 Ayios Gheorghios Mavromoustakis Coll. Linsenmaier // ♀ Paratypen Hedychridium Ab. hybridum creteense Lins. Linsenmaier det. 1959 // NML _ ENT GBIF _ Chr0009214 (2 ♀) and NML _ ENT GBIF _ Chr0009215 (2 ♀); 1♀: Kreta 15.VI.59 Karteros Mavromoustakis Coll. Linsenmaier // ♀ Paratype Hedychridium hybridum creteense Lins. Linsenmaier det. 1959 // NML _ ENT GBIF _ Chr0009216 ; 3♀: Kreta 4.VII.59 near Knossos Mavromoustakis Coll. Linsenmaier // ♀ Paratypen Hedychridium Ab. hybridum creteense Lins. Linsenmaier det. 1959 // NML _ ENT GBIF _ Chr0009217 (ex Perraudin-collection).

Remarks. Hedychridium creteense can be considered as a valid species, recognisable by the elongate last flagellomere of both sexes and the colour of the propodeum, not distinctly contrasting the colour of scutellum and metanotum.

Figures

FIGURE 25. Hedychridium hybridum creteense Linsenmaier, 1959b, holotype, female. A) Habitus, dorsal view. B) Head, frontal view. C) Habitus, lateral view. D) Metasoma, postero-lateral view. E) Metasoma, ventral view. Scale bar 1 mm.