Chrysis superba Radoszkowski, 1877

(Plate 8A–D)

Chrysis superba Radoszkowski 1877: 20, nom. praeocc., nec Cresson 1865.

Type locality: “Habitat ad flumen Jaxartem”, [It was collected on Syr-Darya].

Lectotype, ♀ (not ♂): Сыръ-Даръя [Syr-Darya] <handwritten> // Сыръ-Даръя. [Syr-Darya] <printed> // Chrysis superba Rad. <handwritten red label> // nec Cresson 1865 = decora Mocs. 1889 [!], n.name <handwritten by Bohart>.

Remarks. Lectotype designated by Bohart (in Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 402). It belongs to the C. splendidula species-group.

Current status. Chrysis decora Mocsáry, 1887, replacement name for Chrysis superba Radoszkowski, 1877 .

PLATE 8. Chrysis superba Radoszkowski, 1877, lectotype, ♀. A. Habitus, lateral view B. Habitus, dorsal view C. Head, frontal view D. T2–T3, dorsal view.