THE IDENTITY OF THREE FABRICIAN 
CHRYSIDID SPECIES (HYMENOPTERA) 
By Lynn Siri Kimsey* 
Department of Entomology, 
University of California, Davis 95616 
As part of a world revision of the family Chrysididae it has been 
necessary to borrow or study in situ as many of the oldest types as 
possible because of potential confusion about their identity. The 
species described by Fabricius represent a particular problem. He 
named many of the commonest European species, as well as other 
less common ones. Although the majority of Fabrician type speci- 
mens are still extant, it is clear that the chrysidid types were never 
seen by most later workers. In several instances the Fabrician spe- 
cies was assumed to be one thing when in fact it belonged to an 
entirely different genus. One example of this was Chrysis festiva 
Fabricius, which has always been considered a Pentachrysis, or 
Chrysis with 5 apical abdominal teeth (Mocsary 1889, Dalla Torre 
1892, Bischoff 1913). However, festiva is actually a species of Par- 
nopes, as discussed by Kimsey (1987). The three species below pre- 
sent similar problems. 
Omalus gloriosa (Fabricius), n. status 
Chrysis gloriosa Fabricius 1793: 242. Holotype female; “Barbaria” (Kiel Coll., 
Copenhagen). 
The name gloriosa has long been used for one of the most com- 
monly collected species of Holopyga in the Palearctic Region 
(Dahlbom 1854, Mocsary 1889, Dalla Torre 1892, Bischoff 1913). 
Holopyga amoenula Dahlbom was listed as a junior synonym of 
gloriosa by Bischoff (1913) and later by Bodenstein (1939), which 
made gloriosa the defacto type of Holopyga. However, amoenula is 
the designated type. 
*Current address: Museum of Comparative Zoology-Entomology, Harvard Univer- 
sity, Cambridge MA 02138. 
Manuscript received by the editor April 7, 1987. 
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