Hedychrum lugubre Cameron, 1897

Rosa, Paolo, 2023, New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron, Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32), pp. 1396-1433 : 1413

Hedychrum lugubre Cameron, 1897

( Figure 8A–8F )

Hedychrum lugubre Cameron 1897, p. 6 . Syntypes J, ♀; India: Barrackpore ( NHMUK, OUMUK).

Material examined

1♀: Hedychrum lugubrum Cam. Type Bengal/Cameron Coll. 1909–182/Type/B.M. TYPE HYM. 13.31/ BMNH (E)#970961 [ NHMUK] ; 1J: Hedychrum lugubrum Cam. Type/1051./8/ TYPE HYME 2004 Hedychrum lugubre Cameron, 1897 HOLOTYPE J HOPE ENT COLL., OUMNH [ OUMUK] .

Remarks

Cameron (1897) described Hedychrum lugubre on the basis of a syntype series (′long. 4– 5 mm ̍ from Cameron 1897, p. 6). Kimsey and Bohart ([1990] 1991) considered the male syntype deposited at NHMUK (actually a female) to be the holotype ( Figure 8A, B ), whereas a male syntype is deposited at OUMUK and labelled as holotype ( Figure 8C–F ). The definition of holotype given by Kimsey and Bohart ([1990] 1991) does not automatically designate a lectotype by inference of the term ′ holotype ̍ (Art. 74.5) because the type series included more specimens. The two specimens examined belong to different taxa; a lectotype designation is therefore required, but this is deferred to a future revision of the Oriental Hedychrum .

Figures

Figure 8. Hedychrum lugubre Cameron, 1897, syntype ♀. A. Habitus, dorsal view. B. Habitus, lateral view. Hedychrum lugubre Cameron, 1897, syntype J. C. Habitus, dorsal view. D. Habitus,lateral view. E. Habitus, ventral view. F. Habitus, dorsal view, different angle. Scale bars: 1 mm.