Hedychridium cupreum (Dahlbom, 1845)

Rosa, Paolo, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., Halada, Marek & Aibek, Ulykpan, 2020, First checklist of the chrysidid wasps (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) of Mongolia, with description of new species, ZooKeys 999, pp. 49-107 : 49

Hedychridium cupreum (Dahlbom, 1845)

Hedychrum cupreum Dahlbom, 1845: 3. Lectotype ♀ (designated by Paukkunen et al. 2014: 23); Sweden: Lund (NHMW) (examined).

Material examined.

Mongolia: Bayankhongor, 2 ♀♀, 16 km SW of Bayankhongor, 46°13'N, 100°30'E, 2165 m, 10.VII.2004, leg. JH (MHC); Dornogovi, 1 ♂, 65 km SE of Chatan-Bulag, 1020 m, 2.VIII.2007, leg. MH (MHC); Govi-Altai, 4 ♀♀, 70 km E of Altay City, Guulin, 14.VII.2005, leg. JH (MHC); Tuv, 2 ♀♀, 1 ♂, 50 km E of Ulaanbaatar, Tuul River, 22.VI.2003, leg. JH (MHC); 1 ♀, Khangaun Mts, 5 km N of Khunt, 20.VII.2005, leg. JH (MHC); Umnugovi, 3 ♀♀, Gobi, 100 km SW of Dalanzadgad, Bayanzag, 1-2.VII.2003, leg. JH (MHC); Uvurkhangai, 1 ♂, 12 km E of Aravaykheer, 46°22'N, 102°49'E, 1800 m, 3.VII.2004, leg. JH (MHC); Zavkhan, 2 ♀♀, 1 ♂, 40 km SW of Uliastay, dunes, 18.VII.2005, leg. JH (MHC).

Distribution.

*Mongolia (Bayankhongor, Dornogovi, Govi-Altai, Tuv, Umnugovi, Uvurkhangai, Zavkhan); Asiatic-European, from north-western Europe to Mongolia and China ( Rosa et al. 2014).

Remarks.

Specimens from Mongolia display an unusual red colouration.