Ellampus auratus viridiventris Mocsáry, 1890

Rosa, Paolo & Greeff, Michael, 2021, Types of Chrysididae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) deposited at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule in Zürich, Zootaxa 4908 (2), pp. 181-204 : 193-194

Ellampus auratus viridiventris Mocsáry, 1890

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Ellampus (Ellampus) auratus var. viridiventris Mocsáry, 1890: 50 . Lectotype ♀ designated by Móczár (1964b: 438); Russia:

Sarepta (ETHZ). Omalus auratus var. viridiventris: Trautman 1927: 39 (descr., distr., Caucasus). Omalus auratus ab. viridiventris: Móczár 1964b: 438 (cat., descr., key, Caucasus). Pseudomalus auratus viridiventris: Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 266 (cat., synonymous of Pseudomalus auratus ( Linnaeus, 1758 )). Pseudomalus auratus viridiventris: Vinokurov 2012a: 1873 (cat., ecol., Karachayevo-Cherkess Rep.: Teberda Nature Reserve); Vinokurov 2012b: 40 (cat., ecol., Karachayevo-Cherkess Rep.: Teberda Nature Reserve); Vinokurov 2014a: 284 (cat.Karachayevo-Cherkess Rep.: Teberda Nature Reserve); 2014b: 92 (cat., Adygei Rep.: Maykop); Rosa et al. 2019: 88 (cat., distr.).

Type locality. Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia: “ Caucasus (Borschom [= Borzhomi, Georgia], Lenkoran, Daghestan) (Coll.Schultess-Rechberg) ”.

Lectotype, sex unknown: Kasumkent Daghestan // auratus var. viridiventris <handwritten in red> det. Mocsary // 733 // Omalus Pz. auratus L. Linsenmaier det. // Lecto typus Ell. auratus var. viridiventris Mocsáry <red label handwritten by Móczár> // Schulthess Rechberg Collection.

Remarks. Móczár (1964b: 438) designated the lectotype at ETHZ and considered viridiventris to be an aberration of Omalus auratus ( Linnaeus, 1758) : “ Omalus auratus ab. viridiventris stat. nov.”, according to ICZN (Art. 45.6.2.) m. (morph) and ab. (aberration) have no valid status because they are considered infrasubspecific. Vinokurov (2012a, 2012 b, 2014a, 2014b) and Rosa et al. (2019) considered viridiventris to be a subspecies of Pseudomalus auratus . This taxon is largely distributed throughout the Caucasus ( Rosa et al. 2019). Kimsey & Bohart (1991) reported syntypes instead of lectotype and transferred viridiventris to the genus Pseudomalus Ashmead, 1902 .

Figures

FIGURE 9. Ellampus auratus viridiventris, lectotype. A) Habitus, dorsal view. B) Head, frontal view. C) Habitus, lateral view. D) Habitus, postero-lateral view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.