The Iranian Chrysididae (Hymenoptera), the current state of the art, with an updated checklist and description of eleven new species

In recent years, the research on the Iranian Chrysididae has been extremely prolific, thanks to the efforts of different teams. After the first checklist published by Rosa et al. (۲۰۱۳), more than one hundred taxa of cuckoo wasps have been recorded as new for Iran, including nine taxa described as new for science. Moreover, major modifications impacted the taxonomy of the family with two genera revaluated (Chrysellampus Semenov-Tian-Shanskij, ۱۹۳۲ and Colpopyga Semenov-Tian-Shanskij, ۱۹۵۴), Pseudochrysis Semenow, ۱۸۹۱ reintroduced for Pseudospinolia Linsenmaier, ۱۹۵۱; the description of the genus Morphochrysis Rosa & Pavesi, ۲۰۲۳ and several taxonomical changes to species level which were published and that deeply changed the first checklist, namely. As a consequence of all these fragmented changes, we propose a new, updated checklist of the Iranian species, to summarize all the new findings published in the last years. We describe eleven new species for science, Chrysis amerii Rosa & Farhad, sp. nov., C. chamrosh Rosa, sp. nov., C. crenulata Rosa, sp. nov., C. edentata Rosa & Baiocchi, sp. nov., C. peri Rosa & Baiocchi, sp. nov. and C. titanica Rosa, sp. nov. (succincta group), C. mediasignata Rosa, sp. nov. (leachii group), C. heimi Rosa, sp. nov. (maculicornis group), C. simurgh Rosa, sp. nov. (subsinuata group), Chrysura filidichroa Rosa, sp. nov. (dichroa group) and Hedychridium personatum Rosa, sp. nov. with its own new species-group. We report twenty-six new records of Chrysidinae for Iran: Chrysidea disclusa (Linsenmaier, ۱۹۵۹); Chrysis afghanica Linsenmaier, ۱۹۶۸; C. cylindrica Eversmann, ۱۸۵۸; C. echidna Semenov-Tian-Shanskij, ۱۹۶۷; C. grohmanni bolivari Mercet, ۱۹۰۲; C. klio Balthasar, ۱۹۵۳; C. laetula Semenov-Tian-Shanskij & Nikol'skaya, ۱۹۵۴; C. leuconoe Semenov-Tian-Shanskij, ۱۹۶۷; C. maracandensis Radoszkowski, ۱۸۷۷; C. mirabilis Radoszkovsky, ۱۸۷۷; C. mossulensis Abeille de Perrin-du Buysson, ۱۸۸۷; C. pseudobrevitarsis Linsenmaier, ۱۹۵۱; C. robertsi Rosa, ۲۰۲۰; C. rutilans Olivier, ۱۷۹۱; C. turcomana Semenov-Tian-Shanskij & Nikol'skaya, ۱۹۵۴; Chrysura laodamia laodamia (du Buysson, ۱۹۰۰); Euchroeus pellucidus (Radoszkowski, ۱۸۷۷); Hedychridium bytinskii Linsenmaier, ۱۹۵۹; H. mochii Strumia, ۱۹۹۴; H. plagiatum (Mocsáry, ۱۸۸۳); Hedychrum concinnum (Mocsáry, ۱۹۰۹); H. semicyaneum Mocsáry, ۱۸۸۹; Spinolia stchurovskyi (Radoszkowski, ۱۸۷۷); Spintharina extrema (Semenov-Tian-Shanskij & Nikol’skaya, ۱۹۵۴), and S. houskai (Balthasar, ۱۹۵۳). The current number of known taxa has therefore increased from ۱۸۵ (۱۷۹ species and ۶ subspecies) to ۳۱۵ (۳۰۶ species + ۹ subspecies). Hedychrum persicum Mocsáry, ۱۹۱۴ stat. nov. is upgraded to species rank. Chrysis chrysophora Semenow, ۱۸۹۲ and Hedychrum cyaneum Brullé, ۱۸۴۶ are considered nomina dubia and the latter as incertae sedis. Chrysis dawahi Strumia, ۲۰۱۲ is considered nomen nudum. The majority of chrysidid species in Iran (۷۷.۶۴%) are found exclusively in the Western Palearctic region. Among these, ۲۱% are restricted to the Western Palaearctic. A thorough discussion is also provided on unreliable and doubtful species records. PlumX Metrics

کلیدواژه ها:

Cleptinae ، Chrysidini ، cuckoo wasps ، distribution ، Elampini ، Parnopini