Biodiversity of the aculeate wasps (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) of the Arabian Peninsula: Chrysidoidea, Chrysididae
Author
Rosa, Paolo
Author
Gadallah, Neveen S.
Author
Brothers, Denis J.
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-03-20
4754
1
101
121
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4754.1.10
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1175-5326
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Trichrysis longispina
(
Mocsáry, 1912
)
(=
Trichrysis fulvicornis
Strumia & Dawah, 2019
syn. nov.
)
Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula:
Oman
(
Linsenmaier 1994
as
Chrysis
(
Trichrysis
)
longispina
;
Strumia 2009
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Strumia & Dawah 2010
,
2012
,
2019
),
United Arab Emirates
(
Strumia 2014
;
Rosa
et al.
2017c
),
Yemen
(
Mocsáry 1912
as
Chrysis
(
Trichrysis
)
longispina
;
Strumia 2009
).
Extralimital distribution:
Iran
(
Farhad
et al.
2016b
).
Remarks:
Trichrysis flavicornis
Strumia & Dawah, 2019
was described from a single aberrant specimen, without mention of relevant diagnostic characters, and merely based on the unusual coloration. This is likely a case of rufinism or post-mortem alteration (see also
Chrysis decolorata
Strumia & Dawah, 2019
under
Chrysis viridissima
Mocsáry, 1912
, above). Both specimens were collected in the same Malaise trap on the same day and their altered colour may be the result of a climatic event or storage conditions.