Holopyga inflammata ( Förster, 1853 )

Boustani, Mira & Rosa, Paolo, 2022, Survey of cuckoo wasps of Lebanon (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of four new species, Zootaxa 5104 (1), pp. 1-39 : 8

Holopyga inflammata ( Förster, 1853)

Ellampus inflammatus Förster, 1853: 348 . Syntypes ♂, ♀; Italy, Hungary (MfN).

Holopyga inflammata: Linsenmaier 1968: 18 ( Lebanon, without locality).

Distribution. Lebanon, Europe, North Africa, western Asia ( Linsenmaier 1997, 1999).

Remarks. Linsenmaier (1968) reported that one ♀ from Lebanon has coarse punctation on the posterior part of the metasoma, although less coarse than Holopyga caucasica ( Mocsáry, 1889) . This specimen is no longer deposited in his collection, however, it could be H. caucasica . In fact, Linsenmaier, based on the examination of specimens deposited in his collection, considered as H. caucasica a species from Cyprus not yet described, with coarser punctation on the second metasomal tergum. This species group needs revision.