Additions to the cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) of Mongolia, with description of eleven new species

By

Rosa, Paolo
Proshchalykin, M. I︠U︡. (Maksim I︠U︡rʹevich)
Halada, Marek

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1068

Pages

149--187

Subjects

Central Asia , key , new records , Palaearctic region , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1068.73549

 

Abstract

An addendum to the recent checklist of the Chrysididae from Mongolia is given. Examination of old museum material and recently collected specimens has led to the discovery of eight new records for the country and eleven new species for science. Eight species are newly recorded from Mongolia:Chrysis inclinataLinsenmaier, 1959,C. martinelladu Buysson, 1900,C. speciosaRadoszkowski, 1877,Euchroeus purpuratus(Fabricius, 1787),Holopyga lucida(Lepeletier, 1806),H. similisMocsáry, 1889,Hedychridium femoratum(Dahlbom, 1854) andH. lelejiRosa, 2017. Two species,Hedychridium cupreum(Dahlbom, 1845) andH. propodealeRosa, 2017 are excluded from the checklist of Mongolian Chrysididae: the former is described here asH. erythrosomasp. nov., the latter is identified asH. lelejiRosa, 2017. The hitherto unknown male ofChrysis mocsaryiRadoszkowski, 1889 is described and illustrated. Eleven new species are described:Chrysis strakaisp. nov.,C. woodisp. nov.,Hedychridium erythrosomasp. nov.,H. frontalesp. nov.,H. jacobsisp. nov.,H. splendenssp. nov.,H. striatumsp. nov.,H. varvaraesp. nov.,H. weiisp. nov.,Holopyga tyrnerisp. nov., andPhiloctetes borekisp. nov.Keys to males and females of all known Mongolian species ofHedychridiumAbeille de Perrin, 1878 are provided. The Mongolian cuckoo wasp fauna now comprises 107 species in 18 genera and two subfamilies.