The case of Holopyga gogorzae Trautmann, 1926 and revision of the H. miranda group (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae)
Author
Rosa, Paolo
Author
Pavesi, Maurizio
text
Natural History Sciences
2020
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2020.474
journal article
10.4081/nhs.2020.474
2385-0922
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Holopyga bifrons
Abeille de Perrin, 1878
Holopyga bifrons
Abeille de Perrin, 1878: 3
.
Holotype
♂
,
Algeria
:
Bône
(
MNHN
).
Material examined.
Algeria
.
Annaba
:
♂
holotype
,
Bône
[= Annaba] (
MNHN
)
;
Laghouat
:
1♂
,
Tadjemout
,
20.vi.1943
, leg.
Linsenmaier
(
NMLU
)
.
Tunisia
.
Medenine
:
1♂
,
Djerba
,
14 km
SE Houmt Souk
,
33°50’N
,
11°00’ E
,
7.v.1992
, leg.
J. Gusenleitner
(
NMLU
)
;
1♀
,
Djerba
,
Malboubine
env.,
7.iv.2002
, leg.
P. Rosa
(
PRC
)
.
Distribution.
Algeria
,
Tunisia
(
Linsenmaier, 1999
).
Remarks.
Holopyga bifrons
was included by
Linsenmaier (1999)
in the
H. miranda
group; it conversely belongs to the
H. amoenula
group (see below). Apart from colouring features, namely blue face, contrasting with the red head in dorsal view, and mesosoma ventrally metallic, both unlike
H. miranda
, tarsal claws multidentate instead of bifid are a diagnostic feature of the
H. amoenula
group (tarsal claws examination based on non
type
specimen).