Faunistic review of the cuckoo wasps of Fennoscandia, Denmark and the Baltic countries (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae)
Author
Paukkunen, Juho
juho.paukkunen@helsinki.fi
Author
Rosa, Paolo
rosa@chrysis.net
Author
Soon, Villu
villu.soon@ut.ee
Author
Johansson, Niklas
chrysis32@yahoo.se
Author
Ødegaard, Frode
juho.paukkunen@helsinki.fi
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Zootaxa
2014
2014-09-19
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Chrysis succincta
Linnaeus, 1767
Chrysis succincta
Linnaeus 1767: 947
.
Neotype
♂
(designated by Rosa, in prep.);
Poland
: Bromberg [= Bydgoszcz] (NMLS) (examined).
Kawall 1866a: 58
,
Wengris 1962: 9
,
Tumšs & Maršakovs 1970: 92
,
Erlandsson 1971: 88
,
Soon 2004: 46
,
Kalniņš
et al.
2007: 142
,
Orlovskytė
et al
. 2010: 152
, Allearter.dk 2010.
C. succincta succincta
:
Rosa & Soon 2012
.
Material examined.
Denmark
:
LFM
:
Engestofte
,
11.VII.1912
,
1 ♀
(
L. Jørgensen
)
.
Distribution.
Denmark
,
Latvia
,
Lithuania
.—Transpalearctic: Europe, North Africa, Russian Far East (
Linsenmaier 1997
,
Kurzenko & Lelej 2007
).
Remarks.
This species has often been confused with other species of the
succincta
group, and records in the literature have to be interpreted with caution. Apparently,
Chrysis succincta
(
sensu
stricto
) has been found in the studied area only from
Denmark
,
Latvia
and
Lithuania
.
Soon (2004)
reported the species from
Denmark
based on a female specimen found in ZMUC (see data above). The species (
sensu
stricto
) was already earlier reported from
Denmark
by
Erlandsson (1971)
. About five locations are known from
Latvia
, and the occurrence has been verified by checking specimens in LMSZ in
Riga
.
Orlovskytė
et al.
(2010)
reported the species from
Lithuania
on the basis of a female specimen collected in southern
Lithuania
(
3 km
S of Puvociai). Also
Wengris (1962)
mentioned the species from
Lithuania
.
The records from
Finland
by
Rosa & Soon (2012)
and
Norway
by
Soon (2004)
are obvious mistakes. All records from
Sweden
(
Linsenmaier 1959: 114
,
Erlandsson 1971: 88
,
Banaszak 1980: 25
,
Kunz 1994: 137
,
Soon 2004: 46
,
Dyntaxa 2013
,
Rosa & Soon 2012
) are most likely based on the description of
Linnaeus (1767: 947)
, in which Hammarby (Uppland province) is mentioned as the type locality of the species. However, no Swedish specimens of
C. succincta
have been found from collections. The type material of
C. succincta
is lost, but most likely
C. succincta sensu
Linnaeus
is conspecific with the current interpretation of
C. illigeri
Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1806
. In order to prevent changes in nomenclature, a
neotype
for
C. succincta
has been designated in Linsenmaier’s collection in NMLS (P. Rosa, in prep.), which conforms to the current interpretation of the species.