Key to the currently known species of Indian Chrysidea Bischoff, 1913

1. Apex of T3 with two teeth ................................................................................................................ 2

– Apex of T3 with three teeth .............................................................................................................. 3

2. TFC raised and double, inwardly depressed below anterior ocellus, continued obliquely down the inner side of eyes, remaining distinctly separated, and continued in a carina topping the scapal basin ....................................................................................................... C. furiosa (Cameron, 1897)

– TFC simple, topping scapal basin ................................................................. C. pumila (Klug, 1845)

3. Apical margin of T3 with interval between median and lateral tooth angled, post pit area wide, about 2 times pit diameter long (Fig. 9B); metasoma dorsally with larger punctures and polished interspaces (Figs 8D, 9B) ................................................................ C. mendicalis (Cameron, 1897)

– Apical margin of T3 with interval between median and lateral tooth waved, post pit area narrow, about 1 times pit diameter long (Fig. 9C); metasoma dorsally with smaller and denser punctures .................................................................................................... C. falsa Rosa & Xu, 2015