Hedychrum rufipes lepidum Linsenmaier, 1959

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 : 17

Hedychrum rufipes lepidum Linsenmaier, 1959

( Fig. 15A–15G , 16A–16E )

Hedychrum rufipes lepidum Linsenmaier, 1959: 42 (descr.), 187 (cat.), 198 (fig. 89); 1969: 350 (cat.).

Type locality. Palestine: “Palästina. ♂ Type (Naharia V.1951, leg. Verhoeff) Coll. m., ♀ Allotype Coll. Verhoeff ” .

Holotype, ♂: Israel Naharia 6.–8.V.1951 PMF Verhoeff // ♂ Type Hedychrum Latr. rufipes Bss. ssp. lepidum Lins. det. Linsenmaier 58 // 47 // NML _ENT GBIF _ Chr 00007731 (ex type-collection).

Remarks. Linsenmaier, in 1963, selected one female as allotype and placed it in the type-collection. This specimen bears the following labels: Israel Abu Kabir 16.6.1961 leg. Bytinski-Salz // ♀ Allotype Hedychrum rufipes Buyss. lepidum Lins. det. Linsenmaier 1963 ( Fig. 16 ). This specimen cannot be considered as a type since it does not belong to the type series and was collected after the original description. The true allotype is housed in the RMNH collection and bears the following labels: Jerusalem Palestine 16.6.1940 Bytinski-Salz // Allotype ♀ Hedychrum Latr. Rufipes B. ssp. lepidum Lins. Linsenmaier det. 57 // Museum Leiden ex coll. Verhoeff.

Figures

FIGURE 15. Hedychrum rufipes lepidum Linsenmaier, 1959, holotype, male. A) Habitus, lateral view. B) Head, frontal view. C) Habitus, dorsal view. D) Metasoma, dorsal view. E) Metasoma, postero-lateral view. F) Mesoleg. G) Genital capsule. Scale bars 1 mm.

FIGURE 16. Hedychrum rufipes lepidum Linsenmaier, 1959, female. A) Habitus, lateral view. B) Head, frontal view. C) Habitus,dorsal view. D) Metasoma, postero-lateral view. E) Third sternum, ventral view. Scale bars 1 mm.