Volume 321 (Supplement 6), 2017. S.A. Belokobylskij and A.S. Lelej (Eds.). Annotated Catalogue of the Hymenoptera of Russia, Volume I, Symphyta and Apocrita: Aculeata
Saint Petersburg, Zoological Institute RAS, 475 p.
Date of publication — December 20, 2017
S.A. Belokobylskij and A.S. Lelej (Eds.)
Annotated catalogue of the Hymenoptera of Russia, Volume I, Symphyta and Apocrita: Aculeata
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. The first volume treats the sawflies (13 families, 170 genera, 1546 species), wasps (15 families, 253 genera, 1695 species), ants (1 family, 44 genera, 264 species) and bees (6 families, 66 genera, 1216 species) which together, in Russia, comprise 4721 species in 533 genera. The sections for each of the 35 families include characteristics, number of taxa, references, and an annotated catalogue of the genera and species recorded from the fauna of Russia. For each valid genus the type species, synonymy, short characterization, and number of species are given. For each valid species the synonymy, known host plants, hosts or prey, and distribution (in Russia and general) are provided. The book is illustrated using geoschemes for Russia, Europe, and China. The large bibliography helps to assess the level of study of each family. The index of scientific names of Hymenoptera (more than 16000 names) will be useful for taxon searching.
Volume 321 (Supplement 5), 2017. P. Rosa, S.A. Belokobylskij and L.A. Zaytseva. The Chrysididae types described by Semenov-Tian-Shanskij and deposited at the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg (Insecta: Hymenoptera)
Saint Petersburg, Zoological Institute RAS, 266 p.
Date of publication — September 19, 2017
P. Rosa, S.A. Belokobylskij and L.A. Zaytseva
The Chrysididae types described by Semenov-Tian-Shanskij and deposited at the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg (Insecta: Hymenoptera)
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 jaxartis Semenov, 1910; Ellampus hohlbecki Semenov, 1932; Ell. miramae Semenov, 1932; Ell. specularis Semenov, 1932 are designated. Eight species are revalidated: Hedychridium cyanellum (Semenov et Nikol’skaya, 1954); Hedychrum zarudnyi Semenov, 1954; Chrysis karatavica Semenov, 1967; Chrysura oshanini (Semenov, 1954); Ch. petri (Semenov, 1912); Ch. smaragdulus (Semenov, 1967); Pseudochrysis chamaleon (Semenov, 1967); Spinolia phoenix Semenov, 1967; Spintharina extrema (Semenov et Nikol’skaya, 1954). Thirty-two new synonyms are proposed (valid name is the first): Chrysis angustifrons Abeille de Perrin, 1878 = C. pyrrha Semenov, 1967, syn. nov.; C. caucasicola Balthasar, 1953 = C. analis caucasicola Semenov, 1967, syn. nov.; C. cyaneata Mocsary, 1909 = C. uvarovi Semenov, 1967, syn. nov.; C. dauriana Linsenmaier, 1959 = C. mongolica Semenov, 1967, syn. nov.; C. diacantha Mocsary, 1889 = C. calypso Semenov et Nikol’skaya, 1954, syn. nov.; C. erythrocera Mocsary, 1909 = C. lucens Semenov, 1967, syn. nov.; C. indigotea Dufour and Perris, 1840 = C. zaitzevi Semenov, 1967, syn. nov.; C. lanata Mocsary, 1912 = C. sapphirus Semenov, 1967, syn. nov.; C. maracandensis Radoszkowski, 1877 = C. skorikovi Semenov, 1967, syn. nov.; C. minuta Mocsary, 1909 = C. vesper Semenov, 1967, syn. nov.; C. mirabilis Radoszkowski, 1876 = C. verae Semenov, 1967, syn. nov.; C. soror Dahlbom, 1854 = C. soror calandra Semenov, 1967, syn. nov.; C. splendidula Rossi, 1790 = C. tamara Semenov, 1967, syn. nov.; C. turceyana Linsenmaier, 1959 = C. flagrans Semenov, 1967, syn. nov.; Euchroeus moricei ssp. zarudnianus (Semenov, 1910) = E. moricei ssp. bytinskii Linsenmaier, 1969, syn. nov.; E. robustus (Mocsary, 1909) = Pseudochrysis herculeana Semenov, 1910, syn. nov.; Pseudochrysis neglecta (Shuckard, 1837) = Chrysis tadzhika Semenov et Nikol’skaya, 1954, syn. nov.; Chrysellampus pici (du Buysson, 1900) = Chrysel. shestakovi Semenov, 1967, syn. nov.; Hedychridium moricei du Buysson, 1904 = Zarudnidium clarum Semenov, 1967, syn. nov.; H. monochroum du Buysson, 1888 = Cyrteuchridium breviceps Semenov, 1954, syn. nov.; = Cy. pusio Semenov, 1954, syn. nov.; H. erschovi (Radoszkowski, 1877) = Euchrum turanum Semenov, 1954, syn. nov.; Hedychrum longicolle Abeille de Perrin, 1878 = He. trapezicolle Semenov, 1967, syn. nov.; He. luculentum bytinskii Linsenmaier, 1959 = He. mithras Semenov, 1967, syn. nov.; Holopyga ignicollis Dahlbom, 1854 = Ho. cingulata Semenov, 1967, syn. nov.; Ho. metallica Dahlbom, 1854 = Ho. sibirica Semenov, 1967, syn. nov.; Ho. solskyi (Radoszkowski, 1877) = Ho. vespera Semenov, 1967, syn. nov.; Omalus aeneus (Fabricius, 1787) = Ellampus zarudnyi Semenov, 1932, syn. nov.; Philoctetes tshingiz (Semenov, 1932) = Ell. zarudniellus Semenov, 1967, syn. nov.; Pseudomalus auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) = Ell. bergiellus Semenov, 1932, syn. nov.; Ps. pusillus (Fabricius, 1804) = Ell. borodini Semenov, 1932, syn. nov.; = Ell. ruthenus Semenov, 1932, syn. nov.; Ps. turkestanicus (Mocsary, 1889) = Ell. subopacus Semenov et Nikol’skaya, 1954, syn. nov. New combinations are proposed for Spinolia rusalka (Semenov, 1901), comb. nov.; Spintharina cassandra (Semenov, 1967), comb. nov.; Omalus speculifer (Semenov, 1932), comb. nov.; O. scrutator (Semenov, 1932), comb. nov. and Philoctetes hirtus (Semenov, 1932), comb. nov. Four subspecies are raised to species rank: Chrysis adolescentula Semenov, 1912; C. dauriana Linsenmaier, 1959; C. personata Semenov, 1967 and C. senescens Semenov, 1967. Five replacement names are proposed: Chrysis andreyi Rosa, nom. nov. pro C. smaragdula Semenov, 1967 (emendation of C. smaragdulus), nec Fabricius, 1775; C. nikolaji Rosa, nom. nov. pro C. medea Semenov, 1967, nom. praeocc., nec Balthasar, 1953; C. tarbinskyi Rosa, nom. nov. pro C. desertorum Tarbinsky, 2002, nom. praeocc., nec du Buysson, 1887; C. uzbekistana Rosa, nom. nov. pro C. sogdiana Tarbinsky, 2002, nom. praeocc., nec Semenov, 1954; C. yurii Rosa, nom. nov. pro C. unica Tarbinsky, 2002, nom. praeocc., nec Radoszkowski, 1891. Of the 349 nominal species-group names proposed by Semenov alone or with Nikol’skaya, 255 are currently considered valid; of the 94 invalid names, nine are junior homonyms and 85 are junior subjective synonyms. Biographical and historical notes on A.P. Semenov-Tian-Shanskij and M.N. Nikol’skaya are given, as well as pictures of 300 types.