New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron
Author
Rosa, Paolo
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Journal of Natural History
2023
2023-11-03
57
29 - 32
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
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Hedychrum lugubre
Cameron, 1897
(
Figure 8A–8F
)
Hedychrum lugubre
Cameron 1897
, p. 6
.
Syntypes
J,
♀
;
India
:
Barrackpore
(
NHMUK
,
OUMUK
)
.
Material examined
1♀
:
Hedychrum lugubrum
Cam.
Type Bengal/Cameron Coll. 1909–182/Type/B.M.
TYPE HYM
. 13.31/
BMNH
(E)#970961 [
NHMUK
]; 1J:
Hedychrum lugubrum
Cam.
Type/1051./8/
TYPE HYME
2004
Hedychrum lugubre
Cameron, 1897
HOLOTYPE
J
HOPE
ENT
COLL
.,
OUMNH
[
OUMUK
].
Remarks
Cameron (1897)
described
Hedychrum lugubre
on the basis of a
syntype
series (′long.
4– 5 mm
̍ from
Cameron 1897
, p. 6). Kimsey and Bohart ([1990] 1991) considered the male
syntype
deposited at NHMUK (actually a female) to be the
holotype
(
Figure 8A, B
), whereas a male
syntype
is deposited at OUMUK and labelled as
holotype
(
Figure 8C–F
). The definition of
holotype
given by Kimsey and Bohart ([1990] 1991) does not automatically designate a
lectotype
by inference of the term ′
holotype
̍ (Art. 74.5) because the type series included more specimens. The
two specimens
examined belong to different taxa; a
lectotype
designation is therefore required, but this is deferred to a future revision of the Oriental
Hedychrum
.