Hedychrum luculentum bytinskii Linsenmaier, 1959

(Fig. 10A–10E, 11A–11G)

Hedychrum luculentum bytinskii Linsenmaier, 1959: 38 (descr.), 186 (cat.); 1969: 350 (cat.).

Type locality. Palestine, Turkey: “ Klein-Asien, Palästina. ♀ Type und ♂ Allotype (Klein-Asien, Uludag, 1500m, VIII.1951, leg. Bytinski-Salz) Coll. m. ♂, ♀ Paratypen Coll. Verhoeff ” .

Holotype, ♀: Uludag Turkey 12.8.1951 leg. Bytinski-Salz 1500m // Type ♀ Hedychrum Latr. luculentum Först. ssp. bytinskii Lins. Linsenmaier det. 59 // 43 // NML _ENT GBIF _Chr00006586 (ex type-collection).

Allotype, ♂: Uludag 1500m Turkey 12.8.1951 leg. Bytinski-Salz // Allotype Hedychrum Latr. ♂ luculentum ssp. bytinskii Lins. Linsenmaier det. 59 // NML _ENT GBIF _Chr00006587 (ex type-collection).

Remarks. At RMNH one male paratype bearing the following labels is preserved: Dan Palestine 11.VI.1946 leg Bytinski-Salz // Paratype Hedychrum Latr. nobile Sc. ssp. bytinskii Lins. Linsenmaier det. 57 // Hedychrum Ltr. ♂ luculentum bitinskii Lins. Linsenmaier det. 1963 // Museum Leiden ex coll. Verhoeff.

Rosa et al. (2017: 90) erroneously synonymised Hedychrum mithras Semenov-Tian-Shanskij, 1967 with H. luculentum bytinskii Linsenmaier, 1959 . In fact, based on the subsequent examination of the type of H. luculentum bytinskii we observed that its male has a short and shallow pit on the mesotibia, opposite to the long and deep pit found in H. mithras, which is more similar to H. longicolle Abeille de Perrin, 1877 . Hedychrum mithras has to be resurrected from the previous synonymy.