Paolo Rosa

Université de Mons · Department of Zoology

Background DNA barcoding technologies have provided a powerful tool for the fields of ecology and systematics. Here, we present a part of the InBIO Barcoding Initiative Database: contribution to the knowledge on DNA barcodes of cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) dataset representing 144 specimens and 103 species, covering approximately 44% of...

The genera Trichrysis Lichtenstein, 1876 and Chrysidea Bischoff, 1910 from India are reviewed. A new species, Trichrysis poseidonia sp. nov. from India and Nepal is described. Trichrysis bengalensis (Mocsáry, 1889) is revalidated from the previous synonymy with T. lusca (Fabricius, 1804). Trichrysis inops (Gribodo, 1884) is recorded from India for...

A new species of cuckoo wasps, Euchroeus armatus sp. n., is described from Mongolia. Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on other Central Asian species are provided. A new synonymy is established: Euchroeus limbatus Dahlbom, 1854 = Brugmoia kyrgyzica Tarbinsky, 2000, syn. n.

Two nests of Celonites jousseaumei are described in detail from the Antiatlas in Morocco. The nests consisted of two or three linearly arranged earthen brood cells that were attached to the almost vertical surface of medium sized stones. The brood cell provisions consisted exclusively of Heliotropium pollen (Boraginaceae). Species affiliation of de...

An illustrated catalogue of the Palaearctic types of species and subspecies described by Walter Linsenmaier in the genus Hedychrum Latreille, 1802 is given. Linsenmaier described 14 taxa of Hedychrum; almost all primary types are deposited in the collection, at the Natur Museum (Luzern, Switzerland), with the exception of two holotypes which are de...

Two new species of the genus Trichrysis Lichtenstein, belonging to the cyanea species group, are described from northeastern Vietnam (Cao Bang Province) and China (Yunnan Province) as new for science: T. sinica Rosa, Nguyen & Wiśniowski, sp. nov., and T. striata Nguyen, Wiśniowski & Rosa, sp. nov. The redescription of T. tonkinensis (Mocsáry, 1914)...

The case of the forgotten name Holopyga italica Dahlbom, 1845 and its currently used, junior subjective synonym Hedychrum flavipes Eversmann, 1858 (currently Colpopyga flavipes) is discussed. Since H. italica has been listed as a valid species after 1899, in the world catalogue by Kimsey & Bohart (1991), the reversal of precedence cannot be automat...

Three new species of Cleptes Latreille, 1802, in the C. nitidulus species group are described: C. sfenthourakisi Rosa & Makris, sp. nov. (from Cyprus), C. christi Rosa & Makris, sp. nov. (Cyprus), and C. adonis Rosa & Boustani, sp. nov. (Lebanon). A new synonymy is proposed: C. ignitus var. chevrieri Frey-Gessner, 1887, syn. nov. of C. splendidus...

In the present article 74 Lebanese cuckoo wasps are listed, 34 of which are recorded for the first time. Two species from Lebanon are described as new for science: Philoctetes acuminatus Rosa & Boustani, sp. nov., and Chrysis mirae Rosa, sp. nov. in the C. elegans group. In addition, two new species are described to replace two species that were mi...

Odontochrydium arabicum sp. nov., a new chrysidid species from Oman, southwestern Saudi Arabia, and Yemen is described, illustrated and compared with the African species, O. bicristatum Rosa from Kenya.

An illustrated catalogue of the Palaearctic types of species and subspecies described by Walter Linsenmaier in the genus Hedychridium Abeille de Perrin, 1878 is given. Linsenmaier described 110 species and subspecies of Hedychridium, most of the holotypes are deposited in his collection, at the Natur-Museum (Luzern, Switzerland), with the exception...

An addendum to the recent checklist of the Chrysididae from Mongolia is given. Examination of old museum material and recently collected specimens has led to the discovery of eight new records for the country and eleven new species for science. Eight species are newly recorded from Mongolia: Chrysis inclinata Linsenmaier, 1959, C. martinella du Buy...

New observations of Philoctetes truncatus (Dahlbom, 1831) for North Rhine-Westphalia (Chry-sididae, Elampini) with a current overview of their overall euro-siberian distribution The fourth record for Philoctetes truncatus for the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia after 52 years is reported, additionally representing the first find for the nort...

A contribution to the knowledge of Indian and Sri Lankan Chrysididae is given. The following six species are described: Chrysis decorosa sp. nov. from Rajasthan (Ch. maindroni group); Ch. glauca sp. nov. from Karnataka (Ch. succincta group); Ch. zdenula sp. nov. from Tamil Nadu (Ch. succincta group); Ch. kartikeya sp. nov. from Tamil Nadu (Ch. dece...

The Chrysis leachii species group is recorded from sub-Saharan Africa for the first time with two species: Chrysis rasnitsyni sp. n. (from Central African Republic, Ivory Coast, and Senegal) and Chrysis nilensis Linsenmaier, 1959 (Ivory Coast, Sudan). The lectotype of Chrysis leachi var. cyanea du Buysson, 1908 is designated. Illustrations of the t...

Citation: Rosa P, Baiocchi D, Halada M, Proshchalykin MYu (2021) A new species and new records of cuckoo wasps from Pakistan and India (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). In: Proshchalykin MYu, Gokhman VE (Eds) Hymenoptera studies through space and time: A collection of papers dedicated to the 75 th anniversary of Arkady S. Lelej. Journal of Abstract Chrys...

An illustrated and updated checklist of the Indian Chrysididae is presented, including synonyms and distributional summaries. The list includes 105 species in 20 genera. Six species are described as new: Elampus gladiator Rosa, sp. nov. (Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, and Uttar Pradesh), Chrysis aswathiae Rosa, sp. nov. (Tamil Nadu, elegans spe...

A catalogue of the chrysidid type specimens housed at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule in Zürich with revision and discussion of their status is presented. Selected images of the primary types are given. The new replacement name Chrysis robertsi Rosa nom. nov. pro Chrysis viridicyanea Linsenmaier, 1959, nec Giebel, 1862 is given. Ellampus s...

The wasp family Chrysididae (cuckoo wasps, gold wasps) comprises exclusively parasitoid and kleptoparasitic species, many of which feature a stunning iridescent coloration and phenotypic adaptations to their parasitic life style. Previous attempts to infer phylogenetic relationships among the family’s major lineages (subfamilies, tribes, genera) ba...

Cuckoo wasps of the Chrysis ignita species group are difficult to identify at the species level, and the taxonomic status of various taxa has consequently been controversial. COI barcoding has helped clarify some of the taxonomic problems in this group, but also revealed cryptic diversity at the genetic level that remained difficult to interpret ta...

An annotated checklist of the Chrysididae from Mongolia is provided. A revision of the bibliographical data is provied, since most of the collecting localities published for "Mongolia" refer to places currently located in China. The known Mongolian cuckoo wasp fauna counts 90 species in 18 genera and two sub-families. Four genera and 57 species are...

An illustrated catalogue of the Palaearctic types of Cleptes species and subspecies described by Walter Linsenmaier is given. All types are currently housed at the Natur-Museum, Luzern, Switzerland. Cleptes laevifacies Linsenmaier, 1999 is confirmed as a member of the nitidulus species group.

The species treated as Holopyga gogorzae Trautmann, 1926 by Linsenmaier (1959) and subsequent authors was found to be misidentified. The first available name for this West Mediterra-nean species, thus the valid one, is Holopyga calida Linsenmaier, 1951, herewith raised to specific rank. Surprisingly enough, the true H. gogorzae Trautmann, whose fem...

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The late Ubirajara Ribeiro Martins de Souza (1932–2015) described 390 genera in Cerambycidae (including Disteniinae = Disteniidae), alone or with collaborators (especially the first author of this work), and two genera in Languriinae (Erotylidae). Some of them are currently in synonymy, and a few were replaced due to homonymy. Herein we propose new...

Eight species and one subspecies of cuckoo wasps are newly recorded for Iran: Chrysis batyamensis Linsenmaier, 1969, Chrysis pseudoincisa Balthasar, 1953, Chrysura cuprea cuprea (Rossi, 1790), Chrysura nikolaji (Rosa, 2017), Elampus panzeri (Fabricius, 1804), Elampus spina (Lepeleiter, 1806), Holopyga kuthyana (Mocsáry, 1911), Pseudochrysis marquet...

An updated checklist of the Arabian species of Chrysididae is provided here. Three new synonymies (valid name first) are proposed: Chrysis mirifica Balthasar, 1953 = Chrysis dawahi Strumia, 2012 syn. nov.; Chrysis viridissima Klug, 1845 = Chrysis decolorata Strumia & Dawah, 2019 syn. nov.; Trichrysis longispina (Mocsáry, 1912) = Trichrysis flavicor...

A critical and annotated catalogue of 309 types of Chrysididae belonging to 144 species, subspecies, and taxonomically available variations housed in the Natural History Museum Vienna is given. The neotypes of Chrysis austriaca Fabricius, 1804, Chrysis radians Harris, 1776, Chrysis socia Dahlbom, 1854, Holopyga gloriosa var. caucasica Mocsáry, 1889...

The genus Lustrina Kurian, 1955 is discussed and Lustrina assamensis Kurian, 1955 is redescribed based on the examination of type specimen as well as a specimen recently collected.

Chrysidea pumiloides Zimmermann, 1956 and its Malagasy allies are taxonomically revised. As a result, C. pumiloides and C. phoebe Zimmermann, 1956 are redescribed; two new species, C. vazimba sp. nov. and C. merina sp. nov., are described from museum collections, and another new species, C. rioae sp. nov., is described based on a male recently coll...

The Iranian species in the Chrysis pulchella and C. varidens species groups are investigated. Six species are recognized, two of which are described for the first time: Chrysis gamberoonensis Farhad, Rosa and Talebi sp. nov. and Chrysis brunneamarginata Farhad, Rosa and Talebi sp. nov.. Chrysis gamberoonensis Farhad, Rosa and Talebi sp. nov. belong...

Cleptes pallipes var. androgyna DU BUYSSON, 1896, was found to be a gynandromorph of Cleptes semiauratus (LINNAEUS, 1761), after type examination. This species shows a strong sexual dimorphism in colouration and morphology. The examined mosaic gynandromorph is mostly male-like, but shows also female characters on head and mesosoma. The specimen, co...

Chrysis lyubae sp. nov., from Kazakhstan, is described. It belongs to the Chrysis ignita species group, C. ruddii subgroup. It is easily recognizable by its unique colour pattern, rosy with largely purplish to black vertex and mesoscutum, and by several morphological features, such as shape of apical teeth and body punctation. An annotated checklis...

Two new species Hedychrum crassitarse sp. n. (India: Tamil Nadu) and H. migliaccioi sp. n. (Nepal: Janakpur) are described and illustrated. New distributional records for the genus Hedychrum in Asia are given.

Hedychridium karakolense sp. nov. and Hedychridium tarbinskyi sp. nov. from Kyrgyzstan are described and illustrated. These outstanding species are among the largest Palaearctic species. Their doubtful placement in known species groups is discussed.

An updated and annotated checklist of the Russian Chrysididae is here presented with taxonomic notes. A total of 340 species and 13 subspecies belonging to 23 genera and two subfamilies, Cleptinae and Chrysidinae, are listed. Additionally, the checklist includes 39 species described or cited generically for Caucasus without any precise locality and...

Cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) are a species‐rich family of obligate brood parasites (i.e. parasitoids and kleptoparasites) whose hosts range from sawflies, wasps and bees, to walking sticks and moths. Their brood parasitic lifestyle has led to the evolution of fascinating adaptations, including chemical mimicry of host odours by some spec...

Eight new species are described from genus Chrysis Linnaeus: C. belokobylskiji sp. n. (Tajikistan, Kyrgyszstan, China, Mongolia), C. gurkoi sp. n. (Tajikistan), C. chalybeia sp. n. (Tajikistan), C. milkoi sp. n. (Kyrgyszstan), C. hyalinopyga sp. n. (Turkmenistan), C. vittoriorosai sp. n. (Turkmenistan), C. niehuisi sp. n. (Tajikistan), C. improba s...

Hedychrum zenobia sp. n. is described from Syria and Iraq, and H. linsenmaieri sp. n. from Pakistan. They belong to the H. cirtanum species group hereby established, which includes some of the largest Palaearctic Hedychrum species, characterised by a modified metascutellum projecting over the propodeum, a deep mid-tibial groove in the male and an a...

On the status of the cuckoo wasp genus Allochrysis, with descriptions of the Chrysis ear and Ch. slava species groups (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) О статусе рода ос-блестянок Allochrysis с описанием видовых групп Chrysis ear и Ch. slava (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) Abstract. Allochrysis Kimsey et Bohart, 1991 is synonymised with Chrysis Linnaeus, 1761....

The type material of two Chrysididae genera described by Yu. Tarbinsky from Central Asia was examined. New synonyms are proposed: Pseudochrysis Semenov, 1891 = Arnoldia Tarbinsky, 2004, syn. nov.; Spinolia Dahlbom, 1854 = Pseudochrysura Tarbinsky, 2004, syn. nov.; Pseudochrysis neglecta (Shuckard, 1837) = Arnoldia seraphimi Tarbinsky, 2004, syn. no...

The cuckoo wasp Chrysellampus sculpticollis (Abeille de Perrin, 1878) is reported from Germany for the first time. A female specimen of this rarely collected species was collected near Altenbeken in North Rhine-Westphalia in August 2014. C. sculpticollis is the third ponto-mediterranean chrysidid recently collected in Germany after Chrysura rufiven...

Ten new species are described: Cleptes transoxianus sp. n. (Kazakhstan), Philoctetes pavesii sp. n. (Kazakhstan), Holopyga lucens sp. n. (Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan), Hedychridium kilimniki sp. n. (Kazakhstan), Hedychridium fadeevi sp. n. (Kazakhstan), Chrysis leleji sp. n. (Russia: Altai), Chrysis kazenasi sp. n. (Kazakhstan), Chrysis gertiana sp. n...

The Hymenoptera fauna of the Lainzer Tiergarten in Vienna: 3. Cuckoo wasps (Chrysididae). – The Lainzer Tiergarten is a nature reserve in the southwest of Vienna, Austria. The former imperial hunting grounds are now a public recreation area and well known for old oak forests and rare xylobiontic insects. An inventory project by the Austrian Society...

A gynandromorph of Holopyga fervida (FABRICIUS, 1781) is described. This is the first record of a gynandromorph for the subfamily Chrysidinae and the second for the family Chrysididae. Holopyga fervida shows a strong sexual dimorphism in colour and surface sculpture. The studied specimen from Lower Austria is a mostly female-like mosaic gynandromor...

The genus Odontochrydium Brauns, 1928, previously known only from the Afrotropical Region, is recorded from the Palaearctic Region (Saudi Arabia) and the Oriental Region (Southern India) for the first time. Odontochrydium bicristatum sp. nov. from Kenya and Saudi Arabia and O. xui sp. nov. from India are described. Pictures and a key to the species...

A new species, Hedychridium alatum sp. nov., from South East Kazakhstan is described. The previously named H. sericifrons species group is here renamed in H. flos species group. Cases of body discoloration in desert-dwelling species are reported.

Chrysis serena Radoszkowski, 1891 is synonymised with Ch. zonata Dahlbom, 1854. The new synonymy is discussed and the updated distribution of Ch. zonata in Russia is given.

Hedychrum caucasicum Mocsáry, 1889, Hedychridium palestinense Balthasar, 1953, and Pseudomalus corensis (Uchida, 1927) are newly recorded from Russia. Chrysis inaequipunctata Bischoff, 1910 and Pseudomalus nipponicus (Tsuneki, 1970) are removed from the list of the Russian fauna. The status of C. rutilans var. mesasiatica Semenov, 1912, C. csikiana...

We provide keys and new distributional data for the Iranian cuckoo wasps of four Elampini genera: Chrysellampus Semenov, 1932, Omalus Panzer, 1801, Philoctetes Abeille de Perrin, 1879 and Pseudomalus Ashmead, 1902. Two species are newly recorded for Iran: Chrysellampus pici (du Buysson, 1900) and Philoctetes kuznetzovi (Semenov, 1932). One new syno...

The genus Cleptes Latreille, 1802 is recorded from Mongolia for the first time. The hitherto unknown male of Cleptes dauriensis Móczár, 1997 is described and illustrated.

Colpopyga Semenov, 1954, a chrysidid genus of the tribe Elampini (Chrysididae: Chrysidinae) with four Palaearctic and one Nearctic species, is reviewed. The study of internal urites (Noskiewicz & Lorencova, 1963) and new molecular data (Niehuis, pers. comm.) show a generic status of Colpopyga, which is more related to the genus Holopyga Dahlbom, 18...

Hymenoptera is one of the largest insect orders, with a world fauna of 155.5 thousand species in 8423 genera from 94 extant families, a Palaearctic fauna of 50–60 thousand estimated species, and a Russian fauna of more than 15 thousand estimated species in more than 1500 genera from 78 families. The modern classification of Hymenoptera is given. Th...

The genus Haba Semenov, 25 species and 3 subspecies of Chrysididae are newly recorded from Russia, as well as five new species are described: Pseudomalus agnolii Rosa, sp. n. (Tver Prov.), Chrysis mokrousovi Rosa, sp. n. (Abkhazia and Krasnodar Terr.), C. vinokurovi Rosa, sp. n. (Stavropol Terr.), C. lyda Rosa, sp. n. (Krasnodar and Stavropol Terr....

A new synonymy is proposed for Hedychridium rossicum Gussakovskij, 1948 = H. valesiense Linsenmaier, 1959, syn. n. The lectotype of H. rossicum is designated.

An annotated catalogue of 138 species and three subspecies of Siberian Chrysididae, based on the materials collected by the Russian co-authors in Western and Eastern Siberia (in 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2012-2016), as well as other specimens housed at the Zoological Institute of St. Petersburg (Russia) and in private collections, is given in two issues...

In this second part, new Elampini records from Siberia are reported, as well as the description of 11 new species, namely: Elampus agnolii Rosa, sp. n., E. coloratus Rosa, sp. n., Hedychridium belokobylskiji Rosa, sp. n., H. gabriellae Rosa, sp. n., H. longigena Rosa, sp. n., H. leleji Rosa, sp. n., H. loktionovi Rosa, sp. n., H. propodeale Rosa, s...

A critical and illustrated catalogue of the Chrysididae types described by A.P. Semenov-Tian-Shanskij and deposited at the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg is given. The lectotype of Chrysis bianchii Semenov, 1892; C. petri alticola Semenov, 1912; C. pulchella adolescentula Semenov, 1912; C. sybarita jaxar...

The wasp family Vespidae comprises more than 5000 described species which represent life history strategies ranging from solitary and presocial to eusocial and socially parasitic. The phylogenetic relationships of the major vespid wasp lineages (i.e., subfamilies and tribes) have been investigated repeatedly by analyzing behavioral and morphologica...

As predator and parasitoid insects depend on multiple resources for adult feeding and reproduction, environmental heterogeneity (EH) is expected to be a key driver of their species diversity. In temperate regions, the benefits of EH are expected to vary across spatial scales and seasons, depending on species life-history traits and temporal fluctua...

The cuckoo wasp genus Pseudochrysis Semenov, 1891 is currently treated by several authors as a junior subjective synonym of Euchroeus Latreille, 1809, due to a type species designation by O. W. Richards in 1935. In the original description of the genus Pseudochrysis, Semenov (1891) distinguished two subordinated taxa within the genus Pseudochrysis:...