Hedychridium irregulare Linsenmaier, 1959a

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 : 33-34

Hedychridium irregulare Linsenmaier, 1959a

( Fig. 32A–32E )

Hedychridium (Hedychridium) irregulare Linsenmaier, 1959a: 62 (key, descr., sculpturatum group), 187 (cat.), 198 (figs 124- 126); 1968: 37 (tax., sculpturatum group); 1969: 353 (cat.).

Hedychridium (Hedychridium) caucasium irregulare: Linsenmaier 1997: 258 (downgraded to subspecific rank); Arens 2010: 407 (cat., distr.), 415 (diagn., tax.), 452 (cat., distr.).

Type locality. Greece: “Griechenland, ♂ Type Coll. m. (Athen, V.1936, leg. Enslin)”.

Holotype, ♂: Graecia 20.5.1936 dr. Enslin / Athens // ♂ Type Hedychridium irregulare Lins., Linsenmaier det. 1959 // Hedychridium Ab. caucasium irregulare det. Linsenmaier 1995 / Hedychridium ♂ caucasium irregulare Lins det. W. Arens 2006 // 73 // NML _ ENT GBIF _ Chr0011551 (ex type-collection).

Remarks. Linsenmaier (1997: 258) considered Hedychridium irregulare as a subspecies of H. caucasium Trautmann, 1926 and H. irregulare insulare Linsenmaier, 1959 as a synonym of H. caucasium Trautmann, 1926 .

Figures

FIGURE 32. Hedychridium irregulare Linsenmaier, 1959a, holotype, male. 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.