Chrysis clarinicollis Linsenmaier, 1951

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Chrysis clarinicollis Linsenmaier, 1951

Chrysis ignita var. clarinicollis Linsenmaier, 1951: 77 . Lectotype – ♀ (designated by Linsenmaier 1959: 154); Switzerland: Wallis [NMLS] (examined) ( ignita group).

SPECIMENS EXAMINED. Russia: European part: Kalmyk Rep.: vill.

Khulkhuta (MM) [MMC]); Ural: Chelyabinsk Prov.: Ozersk [P. Rudoiskatel coll.].

DISTRIBUTION. * Russia (Kalmyk Republic, Chelyabinsk Province). WestPalearctic: southern and Central Europe, northern Africa (Linsenmaier 1997).

REMARKS. Chrysis bianchii Semenov, 1892 from Turkmenistan is very similar to C. clarinicollis Linsenmaier, 1951 and the latter could be a synonym.

Only minor differences can be observed between the types; in C. bianchii, TFC is

M-shaped (continuous and gently down-curved in C. clarinicollis ); pronotum is without deep antero-median groove (with deep groove in C. clarinicollis ); punctuation even on T1 with dense punctures (largely interspaced in C. clarinicollis ).

Additional specimens of C. bianchii are needed for the evaluation of this taxon.