Primeuchroeus caledonicus ( MOCSÁRY 1887)

Madl, M., 2012, New Records of Chrysididae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea) from New Caledonia, Linzer biologische Beiträge 44 (1), pp. 591-594 : 592

Primeuchroeus caledonicus ( MOCSÁRY 1887)

Chrysis caledonica n.nom.: MOCSÁRY 1887: 15 (replacement name for Chrysis integra

MONTROUSIER). Chrysis (Holochrysis) caledonica MOCSÁRY 1887: MOCSÁRY 1889: 202 (tax., descr. (not),

Grande Terre). Chrysis caledonica MOCSÁRY 1887: de DALLA TORRE 1892: 48 (cat.). Chrysis caledonica MOCSÁRY 1887: du BUYSSON 1898: 522 (tax., descr., Australia,

Tasmania), 548 (Grande Terre), pl. 18 (figs 5a-d). Chrysis caledonica MOCSÁRY 1887: du BUYSSON 1899: 162 (Grande Terre). Chrysis (Holochrysis) caledonica MOCSÁRY 1887: BISCHOFF 1913: 38 (cat.). Euchroeus ( Primeuchroeus ) caledonica ( MOCSÁRY 1887): LINSENMAIER 1982: 333 (tax., key). Primeuchroeus caledonicus ( MOCSÁRY 1887) : BOHART 1988: 24 (key). Primeuchroeus caledonicus ( MOCSÁRY 1887) : KIMSEY & BOHART 1990: 540 (cat.). * Chrysis integra n.sp.: MONTROUSIER 1864 (In: PERROUD & MONTROUSIER): 249 (descr., Grande

Terre).

D i s t r i b u t i o n a n d m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Grande Terre: Province Nord: Canala – Province Sud: La Foa, Station de Recherches Fruitières de Pocquereux 1 20.02.2009 leg. C. Mille (SRFP) – Nouméa 1 15.VIII.1965 Österreichische Neukaledonien-Expedition 1965 (NHMW) – Sarramea, Col d’Amieu, 630 m 3 26.02.- 29.03.2006 (Malaise trap) leg. Staff of Station de Recherches Fruitières de Pocquereux (SRFP).

Endemic. The records from Australia and Tasmania by du BUYSSON (1898: 522; 1899: 162) are caused by misidentification or mislabelling. Chrysis integra MONTROUSIER 1864 is a junior homonym of Chrysis integra FABRICIUS 1787 . According to du BUYSSON (1998: 522) MOCSÁRY (1889: 202) has seen a female.