Chrysis grohmanni Dahlbom, 1854

Rosa, Paolo & Xu, Zai-fu, 2015, Annotated type catalogue of the Chrysididae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) deposited in the collection of Maximilian Spinola (1780 - 1857), Turin, ZooKeys 471, pp. 1-96 : 21

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Chrysididae

Chrysis grohmanni Dahlbom, 1854 Plate 16

Chrysis grohmanni : Dahlbom 1854: 271.

Type locality.

"Habitat in Sicilia, a D. Grohmann olim detecta, Mus. D. Spinola".

Material.

Lectotype (here designated) ♀. Chrysis grohmanni , n. / D. Grohmann, Sicilia.

Catalogue Casolari & Casolari Moreno. Chrysis grohmanni , 1, 204, 34, 3 (box 51).

Remarks.

Dahlbom (1854) described Chrysis grohmanni based on two specimens: one from the Spinola collection, the other from the Paykull collection (= Chrysis gloriosa Dahlbom, 1845). We found three specimens under the name Chrysis grohmanni in the Spinola collection, but only one belongs to Chrysis grohmanni in its current taxonomic interpretation. The other two specimens are a female of Chrysis gracillima Förster, 1853 and a female of Chrysis bicolor Lepeletier, 1806, bearing the labels "6288" and " Chrysis bicolor Lepel. 127", respectively.

Since there are different species in the series, we designate a lectotype of Chrysis grohmanni using the only female matching the original description of the species. The specimen is missing the last seven flagellomeres of the left antenna, and the right wings is glued to the metasoma. It belongs to the Chrysis succincta group.

Current status.

Chrysis grohmanni Dahlbom, 1854.