Ellampus affinis Wesmael, 1839

Rosa, Paolo & Xu, Zai-fu, 2015, Annotated type catalogue of the Chrysididae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) deposited in the collection of Maximilian Spinola (1780 - 1857), Turin, ZooKeys 471, pp. 1-96 : 61-62

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Chrysididae

Ellampus affinis Wesmael, 1839

Ellampus affinis : Wesmael 1839: 172.

Label

[Sex unknown]: Elampus affinis Wesm. / Omalus aeneus Dhlbm. / 3.... Genes / 6. D. [Donavit] Wesmael, Belgique.

Catalogue Casolari & Casolari Moreno. Elampus affinis , 267, 110/39, 96, 2 (box 50).

Remarks.

Based on Spinola’s label, one specimen of this species in the Spinola collection was collected in Belgium and donated by Wesmael to Spinola. It is badly damaged by dermestids and it lacks the metasoma and legs. Howerer, it is possible to identify it as Omalus aeneus (Fabricius, 1787). Leclerq (1988: 6) listed the holotype of Ellampus affinis at IRSN in Wesmael’s collection. Rosa (2009: 217) found another possible syntype in Gribodo/s collection in MSNG. The second specimen belongs to Holopyga ignicollis Dahlbom and comes from Latreille’s or Serville's collection.

Current status.

Omalus aeneus (Fabricius, 1787) (synonymised by Dahlbom 1854: 36).