Chrysis terminata Dahlbom, 1854

Paukkunen, Juho, Rosa, Paolo, Soon, Villu, Johansson, Niklas & Ødegaard, Frode, 2014, Faunistic review of the cuckoo wasps of Fennoscandia, Denmark and the Baltic countries (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae), Zootaxa 3864 (1), pp. 1-67 : 44

63. Chrysis terminata Dahlbom, 1854

Chrysis terminata Dahlbom 1854: 261 . Holotype ♂; Austria (NMW) (examined). Soon et al. 2014: 318–319.

Chrysis ignita form/species A: Johansson 2009, Johansson 2010: 118, Orlovskytė et al. 2010: 149, Smissen 2010c: 307, Smissen 2010d: 392, Johansson 2011: 35, Dyntaxa 2013, Johansson 2013a: 81, Johansson, in press.

Chrysis sp. : Soon & Saarma 2011: 15.

Material examined: * Latvia: Basi , 29.VIII.1970, 1 ♀, 7.VIII.1971, 1 ♀, 7.VII.1973, 1 ♂ (V. Tumšs); Puze, 15.VI.1974, 1 ♀ (V. Tumšs) . Norway (total 16 exx.): AAY: Froland, Øyrekjerr; AK: Baerum, Ostøya; BØ: Nedre Eiker, Solbergfjell; Øvre Eiker, Lilleby; TEI: Seljord, Heggenes; VAY: Kristiansand, Nedre Timenes; VE: Larvik, Budalsås.

Distribution. * Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden.—Westpalearctic: from West Europe to central Asia ( Linsenmaier 1997).

Remarks. Linsenmaier (1959) divided Chrysis ignita into two forms (Form A and B), which were morphologically slightly different and which also exhibited differences in host specialization and flight periods. Despite evidence supporting the distinct status of both forms, they have only recently been treated as separate species ( Niehuis 2001, Smissen 2010 a, Soon & Saarma 2011). C. ignita Form A lacked a proper name, since specialists of cuckoo wasps avoided generating new names due to the already confusing taxonomy of this species group. Examining the holotype of C. terminata Dahlbom, 1854 revealed that it is a male specimen of Linsenmaier’s C. ignita Form A. C. terminata was described on the basis of a unique specimen that had an unusual frontal carina and colouration. It is evident that the unusual colouration of this specimen is either an aberration or the result of unsuitable storage or handling of the specimen, while the shape of the frontal carina is typical for males of C. ignita Form A. Therefore we propose that C. terminata is the valid name of C. ignita Form A and use it as such in this study. Of the two species C. terminata seems to be predominant in Scandinavia, while C. ignita might be a more eastern species in North Europe. In Norway, C. terminata is relatively abundant, and also in Sweden it is much more common than C. ignita ( Smissen 2010c) . Orlovskytė et al. (2010) listed 15 localities for C. terminata from Lithuania. The species has not been found from Denmark, Estonia, Finland or Russian Fennoscandia, despite extensive examination of collection material.