Opius pulchriventris Fischer, 1958

Opius pulchriventris Fischer, 1958a: 301 (original description).

The holotype and two paratypes are deposited in NMPC (general collection):

HOLOTYPE (♀): ‘ Karlštejn [hw] / Boh. [p, blue ink, pink underline] c [hw] / P. Starý [p, blue ink] / 14.vi. [hw, vertically written] / 195 [p, blue ink] 3 [hw, vertically written] // Opius / pulchriventris / n.sp. [hw] / det. Fischer // HOLOTYPUS [p, red label] // Mus. Nat. Pragae / Inv. [p] 3222 [hw, orange label]’ (Fig. 27).

PARATYPE (♀): ‘ Karlštejn [hw] / Boh.[p, blue ink, pink underline] c [hw] / P.Starý [p, blue ink] / 20.vi.[hw, vertically written] / 195 [p, blue ink] 3 [hw, vertically written] // Opius / pulchriventris / n.sp. [hw] / det. Fischer [p] // Paratypus [hw, red label] // Mus. Nat. Pragae / Inv. [p] 26.074 [hw, blue ink, orange label]’. (Missing tarsi of left middle leg.)

PARATYPE (♂): ‘ Karlštejn [hw] / Boh . [p, blue ink, pink underline] c [hw] / P. Starý [p, blue ink] / 12.vi. [hw, vertically written] / 195 [p, blue ink] 4 [hw, vertically written] // Opius / pulchriventris / n.sp. [hw] / det. Fischer [p] // Paratypus [hw, red label] // Mus. Nat. Pragae / Inv. [p] 26.075 [hw, blue ink, orange label]’. (Left antenna is missing.)

Current status. Junior synonym of Phaedrotoma pulchriceps (Szépligeti, 1898) (see VAN ACHTERBERG 2014).

Distribution. Austria, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Korean peninsula, Moldova, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom (see YU et al. 2016, GADALLAH et al. 2022).