Holopyga generosa (Forster 1853) Foster
- Dataset
- Faunistic review of the cuckoo wasps of Fennoscandia, Denmark and the Baltic countries (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hymenoptera
- family
- Chrysididae
- genus
- Holopyga
- species
- Holopyga generosa
discussion
Remarks. The presence of this species has been confirmed in all the Nordic and Baltic countries except Norway. Strand (1898: 97) reported the species from Norway, and later also Erlandsson (1971: 88), Soon (2004: 45), Artsdatabanken (2010) and Rosa & Soon (2012) mentioned it from the country. However, all Norwegian museum material under this name has turned out to belong to other species. In the latest Norwegian red list, the species was classified as data deficient (Hansen et al. 2010). Only two old specimens are known from Denmark (see data above). The name of this species has varied much in the literature. Dahlbom’s name ovata was in common use in the late 19 th and 20 th centuries, while in the early 20 th century ovata was erroneously replaced by gloriosa and amoenula by many authors. The name gloriosa was later suppressed as a nomen dubium (ICZN 1998). Linsenmaier (1987, 1997) considered generosa as a subspecies of Holopyga fastuosa (Lucas, 1849) and synonymized ovata with generosa. According to an unpublished revision of European type material the name will once again change as another older name has been found for the taxon (Rosa, in prep.).
distribution
Distribution. Denmark, * Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, * Russian Fennoscandia. — Transpalearctic: Europe, Asia Minor, North Africa, China (Linsenmaier 1959).
materials_examined
Material examined. Denmark: LFM: Maribo, 1915, 2 exx. (L. Jørgensen). * Estonia: Tartu, 25. VI. 2011, 1 ♀, 9. VII. 2011, 1 ♀ and 2 ♂♂, 21. VI. 2012, 1 ♂, 8. VII. 2012, 1 ♀, 17. VI. 2013, 1 ♀ (V. Soon). * Russian Fennoscandia (total 24 exx.): Ik: Metsäpirtti [= Zaporozhskoe]; Terijoki [= Zelenogorsk]; Uusikirkko [= Polyany]; Ka: Tytärsaari [= Ostrov Bolshoi Tyuters]; Viipuri [= Vyborg]; Kol: Vazhiny.