Omalus (Elampus) turcmenicus Linsenmaier, 1968

Rosa, Paolo, Heim, René & Bernasconi, Marco Valerio, 2023, The Palaearctic types of Chrysididae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) deposited in the Linsenmaier collection. Part 4. Elampini: genus Omalus Panzer, 1801, Zootaxa 5297 (1), pp. 61-86 : 66

Omalus (Elampus) turcmenicus Linsenmaier, 1968

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Omalus (Notozus) turcmenicus Linsenmaier, 1968: 13 (descr.).

Elampus turcmenicus: Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 171 (cat.).

Type locality. "Turkmenien, Askhabad, V.64, leg. Pulawski, ♀ Type in Coll. m.".

Holotype. ♁ [not ♀]: Turkmenia Askhabad bordure du desert 28.V.1964 leg. W.J. Puławski // ♀ Type Omalus Pz. Notozus turkmenicus Lins. Linsenmaier det. 1966 (ex type-collection) // NML_ENT GBIF_Chr0001957.

Remarks. On the original type label is reported the name turkmenicus . The name was likely changed during the editing of the manuscript in the Latin form turcmenicus . This species was recently collected in the European part of Russia, in Astrakhan province ( Rosa et al. 2017b). The specimen illustrated was a female ( Rosa et al. 2017b, Fig. 4 ) with an intense flame red colouration. The male type here illustrated ( Fig. 3 ) is entirely green, however the colouration seems to be turned into green post mortem. Also, Russian specimens showed some colour variability, which may turn after death, as in the case of species in other genera, e.g. Spintharina Semenow, 1892 [Semenow is one of the four different spelling/transliterations for him, and we here follow the name as given in the original publication].

Figures

FIGURE 3. Omalus (Notozus) turcmenicus Linsenmaier, 1968, holotype, male.A) Habitus, dorsal view. B) Head, frontal view. C) Mesosoma, lateral view. D) Metasoma, lateral view. E) Metasoma, dorsal view. F) Third tergum, posterior view. Scale bars 1 mm.

FIGURE 4. Omalus (Omalus) chlorosomus mallorcanus Linsenmaier, 1959a, holotype, female. A) Habitus, lateral view. B) Habitus, dorsal view. C) Head, frontal view. D) Metasoma, postero-lateral view. Scale bars 1 mm.