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.