Hedychridium wahisi sp. n., a new cuckoo wasp from Italy (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae).

Abstract

Hedychridium wahisi sp. n. is described from Italy; the species belongs to the Hedychridium plagiatum-species group. H. wahisi sp. n. can be distinguished from all known species of this group especially by its blue head, blue mesonotum, and its blue gastral tergum III. H. wahisi sp. n. is tentatively regarded as an Adriatomediterranean faunal element.

Keywords

Hedychridium plagiatum-group, key to species, zoogeography.

Nomenclatural Acts

wahisi Niehuis, 1998 (Hedychridium), spec. n.