New records of Chrysididae (Hymenoptera) from Russia with description of five new species

Abstract

Summary. The genus (Linsenmaier, 1968) is described. Currently the fauna of Russian Chrysididae numbers 330 species and 11 subspecies in 23 genera, including current data.

The Palaearctic types of Chrysididae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) deposited in the Linsenmaier collection. Part 4. Elampini: genus Omalus Panzer, 1801

“…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.…”

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

“…REMARKS. In Rosa et al (2017bRosa et al ( , 2017c this specimen was listed for the Russian fauna (European part: Udmurt Rep., Maigan) for an error in the transliteration of the handwritten Cyrillic locality label. The correct collecting locality is Shaydan, currently in Tajikistan (new record).…”

First records of the Chrysis leachii group from sub-Saharan Africa, with description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae)

“…After the publication of the world catalogue by Kimsey & Bohart (1991), another ten species were described in this species group: four from the Canary Islands (C. atrocomitata, C. globiscutella, C. magnifacialis, and C. umbofacialis by Linsenmaier 1993); one from the Arabian Peninsula (Chrysis hattaensis Linsenmaier, 1994); one from Tunisia (C. wolfi Linsenmaier, 1999); two from the Mediterranean Basin (C. alcudiae Reder &Arens, 2012 andC. aegeriaca Arens, 2016), one from southern Russia (Chrysis lyda Rosa in Rosa et al, 2017b) and another one from Siberia (C. proauriceps Rosa in Rosa et al, 2017a). Based on the known species, the C. leachii group was supposed to have a West Palaearctic chorotype only (Kimsey & Bohart, 1991).…”