Elampus foveatus ( Mocsary , 1914)

Paukkunen, Juho, Berg, Alexander, Soon, Villu, Odegaard, Frode & Rosa, Paolo, 2015, An illustrated key to the cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) of the Nordic and Baltic countries, with description of a new species, ZooKeys 548, pp. 1-116 : 22-23

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Chrysididae

Elampus foveatus ( Mocsary, 1914) Figs 38, 40, 43, 46

Ellampus foveatus Mocsáry, 1914: 1.

Elampus foveatus : Kimsey and Bohart 1991: 168.

Diagnosis.

Length 5-8 mm. The species can be confused with Elampus constrictus and Elampus panzeri , but the apical truncation of T3 has rounded margins ventrally and resembles a thick, upside-down U in shape (Fig. 46). The lateral margins of T3 are similar to Elampus constrictus (Fig. 40). The punctation of T2 is somewhat more irregular than in Elampus constrictus , and usually an impunctate medial line is formed anteriorly. The scrobal carina ends below the angle of the omaulus (Fig. 43) as in Elampus panzeri . The head and mesosoma are blue or greenish, and the metasoma is red with green reflections in both sexes.

Distribution.

Estonia, Finland, Norway, Sweden. Rare. - Trans-Palearctic: from the Netherlands to Siberia (Usolye-Sibirskoye). The distribution is still poorly known, because many authors have confused Elampus foveatus with other closely related taxa.

Biology.

Habitat: sparsely vegetated sandy areas. In Germany, specimens have been found on Sambucus bushes ( Niehuis and Gauss 1996). Flight period: May to July. Host: unknown.