Hedychrum luculentum bytinskii Linsenmaier, 1959

Rosa, Paolo, Heim, René & Bernasconi, Marco Valerio, 2022, The Palaearctic types of Chrysididae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) deposited in the Linsenmaier collection. Part 3. Elampini: genus Hedychrum Latreille, Zootaxa 5195 (1), pp. 1-23 : 12-14

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.

Figures

FIGURE 10. Hedychrum luculentum bytinskii Linsenmaier, 1959, holotype, female. A) Habitus, lateral view. B) Head, frontal view. C) Habitus, dorsal view. D) Metasoma, posterior view. E) Third sternum, ventral view. Scale bars 1 mm.

FIGURE 11. Hedychrum luculentum bytinskii Linsenmaier, 1959, allotype, male. A) Habitus, lateral view. B) Genital capsule. C) Head, frontal view. D) Head and mesosoma, dorsal view. E) Mesoleg. F) Metasoma, dorsal view. G) Metasoma, posterolateral view. Scale bars 1 mm.