Ellampus sareptanus inflammatus Mocsáry, 1890

Rosa, Paolo & Greeff, Michael, 2021, Types of Chrysididae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) deposited at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule in Zürich, Zootaxa 4908 (2), pp. 181-204 : 194

Ellampus sareptanus inflammatus Mocsáry, 1890

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Ellampus sareptanus var. inflammatus Mocsáry, 1890: 50 . Holotype ♀; Iran: Astrabad [= Gorgan] (ETHZ).

Omalus sareptantus var. inflammatus: Trautmann 1927: 35 (cat.), 36 (descr.).

Omalus (Omalus) horvathi ssp. inflammatus: Linsenmaier 1959: 20 (cat., descr., distr.).

Philoctetes sareptanus inflammatus: Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 257 (cat.).

Type locality: “ Patria: Astrabad in Persia (Coll. Schulthess-Rechbergi!) ”.

Holotype, ♀: Astrabad // sareptanus v. inflammatus <handwritten in red> det. Mocsary // 731 // Omalus Pz. horwathi [!] Mocs. ssp. inflammatus Mocs . Linsenmaier det. 57 // Schulthess Rechberg Collection.

Remarks. This taxon is closely related to Philoctetes deflexus ( Abeille de Perrin, 1878) and should be one of its colour variations. The red colouration is variable in examined specimens (see Farhad et al. 2018 under Ph. deflexus ).

Figures

FIGURE 10. Ellampus sareptanus inflammatus, holotype ♀. A) Habitus, dorsal view. B) Habitus, ventral view. C) Habitus, lateral view. D) Habitus, postero-lateral view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.