A catalogue of the Chrysididae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) types deposited in the Zoological Museum, Moscow Lomonosov State University, Russia

Abstract

A critical and annotated catalogue of 52 types of Chrysididae belonging to 32 species deposited in the Zoological Museum of Moscow Lomonosov State University is given. The lectotypes of Chrysis sabulosa Radoszkowski, 1877 and Ellampus (Philoctetes) fedtschenkoi Semenov, 1932 are designated. New synonyms are proposed for (valid name first): Omalus imbecillus (Mocsáry, 1889) = Ellampus kozhevnikovi Semenov, 1932, syn. nov., and Chrysis speciosa Radoszkowski, 1877 = C. fulvicornis Mocsáry, 1889, syn. nov. The status of Hedychridium erschovi (Radoszkowski, 1877), stat. resurr. is revalidated.

Phylogenetic analysis of cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) reveals a partially artificial classification at the genus level and a species‐rich clade of bee parasitoids

“…Our taxon sampling does not allow judgement on the monophyly of the subfamily Loboscelidiinae as it is not represented in our investigation. Our study furthermore does not include the monotypic Kimseyini (Antropov, ; Rosa et al, ), whose phylogenetic position could render the tribe Elampini paraphyletic (Carpenter, ).…”

“…Within the subfamily Chrysidinae, the tribe Elampini is currently considered to be the sister group of all remaining Chrysidinae, and Allocoeliini is thought to be the sister group of Chrysidini plus Parnopini. The phylogenetic position of the tribe Kimseyini (Antropov, ; Rosa et al, ) has so far remained unclear, but morphological similarity with Elampini was discussed (Carpenter, ).…”

Types of Chrysididae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) deposited at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule in Zürich

“…The importance of the examination of type material is fundamental in taxonomy, and particularly in the Chrysididae, one of the most taxonomically difficult families to study among the Aculeata. This article is part of a review of chrysidid types (mostly Palaearctic) deposited in the European and Russian collections (Rosa & Vårdal 2015;Rosa & Xu 2015;Rosa et al 2015aRosa et al , b, d, 2017aRosa et al , b, 2020 and it complements other works on Mocsáry's types (Rosa et al 2015d(Rosa et al , 2017b(Rosa et al , 2020. One of the main goals of these articles is to take photographs that show the diagnostic features of the taxa as well as the original labels.…”

New records of cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) from Russia with taxonomic notes

“…Chrysis mesasiatica is easily recognizable for its peculiar luster, a shining green and golden-green coloration observed in both sexes (Figs 1, 2) and not found in any other species of the C. splendidula species-group, due to the spaced and shallow punctures. It also differs from C. decora by the shape of the metasomal tergum 3, with shortened space between pit-row and apical teeth (quite elongate in C. decora, see Plate 8 in Rosa et al, 2015a).…”