Genus Chrysidea Bischoff, 1913

Chrysidea Bischoff, 1913: 34 .

Chrysis (Chrysidea) – Linsenmaier 1959: 170.

Trichrysis (Chrysidea) – Kimsey & Bohart 1981: 77.

Chrysis (Trichrysis) – Linsenmaier 1984: 196.

Chrysidea – Bohart 1988: 129. — Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 310.

Diagnosis

Head broader than high; scapal basin hollowed, striate or micro-ridged, topped by convex TFC, sometimes with a second upper TFC; F1 longer than F2 or F3, usually less than twice; MS subequal or shorter than 1 MOD; pronotum with weak median groove and mostly without sublateral carina; mesopleuron with episternal and scrobal sulci, omaulus and verticaulus; metanotum rounded, rarely projected posteriorly; fore wing medial cell usually with outer veins faint; T3 usually with only two lateral teeth, sometimes with one median tooth; S2 black spots oval or round, usually separated by 1–2 MOD. Genital capsule with large gonocoxa slightly notched apically, thus appearing bilobate.

Hosts

The known hosts of Chrysidea are crabronid wasps (Zimmermann 1961; Kimsey & Bohart 1991).

Distribution

The genus includes 26 species distributed in the Palaearctic, Afrotropical, and Oriental Regions. Chrysidea pumila (Klug, 1845) is widespread in the Afrotropical and Palaearctic Regions; 16 species are endemic to the Afrotropical Malagasy Subregion (Mita & Rosa 2019).

Differential diagnosis

See the differential diagnosis of Trichrysis and Table1.