Hedychrum coelestinum SPINOLA 1839

Hedychrum coelestinum SPINOLA, 1839 Hedychrum coelestinum KLUG [correct SPINOLA], 1839: BUYSSON 1904: 257 (Eritrea without exact locality (leg. Magretti)). Hedychrum caelestinum [correct coelestinum] SPINOLA, 1839: MANTERO 1915: 27 (Adi Caie (leg. Andreini), Adi Ugri (leg. Andreini), Keren (leg. Derchi, Magretti)). Hedychrum coelestinum SPINOLA, 1839: KIMSEY & BOHART 1991: 208 (fig. 63), 209 (figs 64a, f), 210 (taxonomy), 212 (world catalogue: widespread in the Afrotropical Region). Hedychrum coelestinum SPINOLA, 1839: ROSA 2005: 23 (Saganeiti (leg. Fossati), catalogue Milano). Hedychrum coelestinum SPINOLA, 1839: MADL & ROSA 2012: 96 (taxonomy, catalogue Afrotropical Region). D i s t r i b u t i o n: Adi Caie, Adi Ugri, Keren, Saganeiti. Hedychrum coelestinum, which is widely distributed in the Afrotropical Region (e.g. Djibouti, Ethiopia, North Sudan), is also known from the southern Palaearctic Region.