Elampus Explained

Elampus is a genus of insects belonging to the family Chrysididae.^[1]

The species of this genus are found in Europe, Asia, Africa and North America.

Species:

• Elampus albipennis Mocsary, 1889
• Elampus ambiguus Dahlbom, 1854
• Elampus bidens (Förster, 1853)^[2]
• Elampus cecchiniae (Semenov, 1967)
• Elampus gayi Spinola, 1851^[3]
• Elampus kashmirensis (Nurse, 1902)^[4]
• Elampus macuxi ^[5]
• Elampus musashinus (Tsuneki, 1986) ^[2]
• Elampus pulchricollis (Ducke, 1911)^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Elampus Spinola, 1806 . www.gbif.org . 23 February 2021 . en.
2. Ha . Hyeong-Hwa . Kim . Jeong-Kyu . Korean Species of the Genus Elampus (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae: Elampini) with First Discovery of Female of E. musashinus . Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity . 30 April 2013 . 29 . 2 . 184–187 . 10.5635/ASED.2013.29.2.184 .
3. Rosa . Paolo . Xu . Zai-fu . Annotated type catalogue of the Chrysididae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) deposited in the collection of Maximilian Spinola (1780–1857), Turin . ZooKeys . 14 January 2015 . 471 . 1–96 . 10.3897/zookeys.471.6558 . free . 25632245 . 4304016 . 2015ZooK..471....1R . 1313-2989.
4. Rosa . Paolo . New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron . Journal of Natural History . 12 November 2023 . 57 . 29-32 . 1396–1433 . 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158 .
5. Lucena . DA . Gomes . RS . New species of Elampus Spinola, 1806 (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae), with a key to the Neotropical species of the genus. . Zootaxa . 2 June 2016 . 4117 . 4 . 555–66 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.4.7 . 27395193 .