Hedychrum timidum Dahlbom, 1854

Rosa, Paolo, Aswathi, Pokkattu Gopi & Bijoy, Chenthamarakshan, 2021, An annotated and illustrated checklist of the Indian cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae), Zootaxa 4929 (1), pp. 1-100 : 17-18

Hedychrum timidum Dahlbom, 1854

( Figs 11 A–11C)

Hedychrum timidum Dahlbom, 1854: 65 . Holotype ♀; India: Bengal (58 (key), 65–66 (descr.)) (MZLU). Mocsáry 1889: 160 (descr., Bengal); Dalla Torre 1892: 35 (cat.); Bingham 1903: 428 (key), 428–429 (descr., Bengal, Punjab, Lahore, Delhi, Gujarat); Bischoff 1913: 20 (cat.); Jonathan et al. 1977: 85 ( India); Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 221 (cat., India: Bengal); Rosa 2019a: 8 (comp. diag.), 10 (fig. 10).

Material examined. 1 ♀, Bengalen, H. timidum Dhlb., Typ., MZLU Type no. 6008: 1 ( MZLU) .

Distribution. India (Delhi; Gujarat; Punjab; Bengal (locality not specified)).

Remarks. Records of Hedychrum timidum from Pakistan (Quetta) ( Bingham 1903) are related to Hedychrum linsenmaieri Rosa, 2019a .

Genus Holophris Mocsáry, 1890

Holophris Mocsáry, 1890: 51 (as subgenus of Ellampus Agassiz, 1846 ). Type species: Ellampus (Holophris) marginellus Mocsáry, 1890 . Monotypic.

Figures

FIGURE 11. Hedychrum timidum Dahlbom, 1854, holotype, female. A. Head, frontal view. B. Metasoma, dorsal view. C. Habitus, lateral view. Scale bars 1.0 mm. (© The Trustees of the NHMUK)