by Euchroeus » 16 Aug 2012 12:24
Hi Pavel!
Fantastic pictures!!!
Yes, this one should be Chrysura austriaca (Fabricius).
I quickly checked your page, and it's really beautiful.
I have only one suggestion about the name Chrysis indica.
I would suggest you to change it in Chrysis indigotea Dufour & Perris, 1840.
The name indica should be considered as a nomen oblitum.
Kimsey & Bohart (1990) used this name for the first time, and included indigotea in the synonymic list.
The type of indica is lost, and we cannot check it. However, this is not important. What you should know, is that ALL the European authors used the name indigotea as the valid name for more than 100 years. According to the Code of Zoological Nomenclature, this is a case of Reversal of precedence, and the prevailing usage must be maintained. I'm writing an article on this topic and on many other nomenclatorial cases for the European fauna.
Fortunately, after Kimsey & Bohart, only Mingo (1994) and Tyrner (2007) used the name indica, but all the other main authors (Kunz, Strumia, Niehuis, Rosa, etc., Faunaeur) went on using the name indigotea.
Cheers
Paolo