Hedychrum testaceum Linsenmaier, 1968

Rosa, Paolo, Heim, René & Bernasconi, Marco Valerio, 2022, The Palaearctic types of Chrysididae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) deposited in the Linsenmaier collection. Part 3. Elampini: genus Hedychrum Latreille, Zootaxa 5195 (1), pp. 1-23 : 19

Hedychrum testaceum Linsenmaier, 1968

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Hedychrum testaceum Linsenmaier, 1968: 20 (descr.); 1969: 351 (cat.); 1999: 44 (key), 48 (tax.), 51 (fig. 78).

Type locality. Algeria, Egypt, Palestine, Saudi Arabia: “ Algerien, Palästina, Ägypten, Arabien. ♀ Type Palästina, Beersheba, leg. Bytinski-Salz, V.66, ♂ Allotype Saudi-Arabien, El Riyadh, leg. Diehl, VIII.59, ♀ Paratype Süd-Palästina, in Coll. m., ♀ Paratype Algerien, Tadjemout, im Brit. Mus. ” .

Holotype, ♀: Israel 14 km S Beersheba 22.V.1966, leg. Bytinski-Salz // ♀ Type Hedychrum Ltr. testaceum Lins. Linsenmaier det. 1966 // 210 // NML _ENT GBIF _ Chr 00007783 (ex type-collection).

Allotype, ♂: Saudi Arabien El Riyadh 6.VIII.59, leg. Dr. Diehl Coll. Linsenmaier // ♂ Allotype Hedychrum Ltr. testaceum Lins. Linsenmaier det. 1966 // ♂ Hedychrum Ltr. alfierii Tr. Linsenmaier det. 1989 // NML _ENT GBIF 00007784 (ex type-collection).

Paratype, 1♀: Khan Yunus, 30.VII.1917 // S Palestine E.E. Austen, 1918–41 // ♀ Paratype Hedychrum Ltr. testaceum Lins. Linsenmaier det. 1965 // NML _ENT GBIF 00007780 (ex synoptic-collection).

Remarks. In Kimsey & Bohart (1991) the type depository is Tel Aviv, probably referring to paratypes housed in the Bytinski-Salz collection.

Figures

FIGURE 18. Hedychrum testaceum Linsenmaier, 1968, paratype, female.A) Habitus, dorsal view. B) Habitus, lateral view. C) Habitus, ventral view. D) Head, frontal view. E) Metasoma, postero-lateral view. F) Third sternum, ventral view. Scale bars 1 mm.