Chrysis speciosa Radoszkowski 1877

Chrysis speciosa Radoszkowski, 1877

(Plate 7A–D)

Chrysis speciosa Radoszkowski 1877: 17.

Type locality: Uzbekistan: “Habitat in deserto prope Taschkent”, [collected on the 19th of May 1871 in steppe between Syr-Darya and Tashkent].

Lectotype, ♂: 19. <printed on pink label with red line> // Степъ м. С. д. и Т [steppe b[between] S[Syr] D[Darya] and T.[Tashkent]] <printed> // Chrysis speciosa Rad. <handwritten red label> // 19.V.1871 <handwritten by Antropov>.

Remarks. Lectotype designated by Bohart (in Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 464). The type is kept together with another specimen labelled as C. speciosa by Radoszkowski. The latter does not belong to the type series and bears the following labels: 1. <printed on green-blue label> // Заравш. дол [Zaravsh. valley] <printed> // speciosa <handwritten by Radoszkowski> // Chrysis speciosa Rad. <handwritten red label> // 1.VI.1869 // Not a type of speciosa <handwritten by Bohart>. This specimen belongs to a different species-group, C. comparata group, and it is very likely a male of C. marginata Mocsáry, 1889.

After type examination (Rosa et al. 2015), C. fulvicornis Mocsáry, 1889 is found to be the junior synonym of C. speciosa Radoszkowski, 1877. The name C. fulvicornis is currently in use, but the reversal of precedence is not possible because the conditions listed by the Code (ICZN 1999: Article 23.9.1) are not applicable in this case. It belongs to the C. maculicornis species-group.

Current status. Chrysis speciosa Radoszkowski, 1877.

PLATE 7. Chrysis speciosa Radoszkowski, 1877, lectotype, ♂. A. Head and mesosoma, lateral view B. Head, frontal view C. Head and mesosoma, dorsal view D. T2–T3, dorsal view.