Holopyga caucasica Mocsáry, 1889

Rosa, Paolo, Felsner, Christian, Heim, René, Greeff, Michael, Michez, Denis & Bernasconi, Marco Valerio, 2025, The Palaearctic types of Chrysididae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) deposited in the Linsenmaier collection. Part 5. Elampini: genus Holopyga Dahlbom, 1845, Zootaxa 5565 (1), pp. 1-66 : 51

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scientific name	Holopyga caucasica Mocsáry, 1889
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Treatment

Holopyga ( Holopyga) gloriosa var. Caucasica Mocsáry, 1889: 131 . Holotype [sex unknown]; Azerbaijan: Helenendorf [= Goygol] (type lost).

Holopyga ( Holopyga) gloriosa caucasica = Holopyga amoenula Dahlbom, 1845 : Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 229.

Holopyga gloriosa caucasica : Rosa et al. 2020b: 117. Neotype designation: ♀; Azerbaijan: Ganja (type depository: Vienna).

Holopyga caucasica : Rosa et al. 2020b: 117. Taxon reinstated and upgraded to species rank.

Remarks. Holopyga caucasica Mocsáry was initially considered a variety of Holopyga gloriosa by Linsenmaier (1951) and later a subspecies of H. inflammata ( Linsenmaier 1959a) . Rosa et al. (2020b) deemed the original type specimen described by Mocsáry in Vienna as lost and designated a neotype, elevating this taxon to species rank.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hymenoptera
Family	Chrysididae
Genus	Holopyga