Trichrysis triacantha ( Mocsáry, 1889 )

Rosa, Paolo, Aswathi, Pokkattu Gopi, Wiśniowski, Bogdan & Bijoy, Chenthamarakshan, 2022, Preliminary revision of the Indian cuckoo wasp genera Trichrysis Lichtenstein, 1876 and Chrysidea Bischoff, 1910, with description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae), European Journal of Taxonomy 852, pp. 117-143 : 133-134

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Trichrysis triacantha ( Mocsáry, 1889)

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Chrysis (Trichrysis) triacantha Mocsáry, 1889: 325 .

Chrysis (Trichrysis) triacantha – du Buysson 1893: 247. — Bischoff 1913: 46.

Chrysis triacantha Mocsáry – du Buysson 1896: 471 (in key). — Bingham 1903: 436 (in key), 453, fig. 154; 1908: 348. — Jonathan et al. 1977: 86.

Trichrysis triacantha – Rosa et al. 2021a: 83 View Cited Treatment , fig. 85. — Rosa & Halada 2021: 210 View Cited Treatment .

Material examined

Syntypes INDONESIA • 1 ♀; “Plason, Sumatra 877-2; triacantha det. Mocsáry Type”; NHMW • 1 ♀; Sumatra; “ triacantha det. Mocsáry ” • 1 ♀; Plason , Java; “ 1878 II; triacantha type det. Mocsáry ”.

Other material INDIA • 4 ♀♀; Kerala, E of Kothamangalam ; 10°05.1′ N, 76°39.1′ E; alt. 150 m; 1 May 2005; M. Halada leg.; MHC, PRC; GoogleMaps • 1 ♀, Kerala, Thenmala ; 8°58.0′ N, 77°03.5′ E; 5 May 2005; M. Halada leg.; MHC GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; Kerala, Thrissur, Mulankunnathukavu ; 10°35′ N, 76°12′ E; 1 Feb. 2021; T.B. Suryanarayanan leg.; CCSERLC162; SERL GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; Kerala, Wayanad, Kambalakkad ; 11°40′ N, 76°05′ E; 29 Mar. 2020; P.G. Aswathi leg.; CCSERLC42; SERL GoogleMaps .

Distribution

India (Bihar, Kerala, West Bengal); China (Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Hong Kong, Hainan, Yunnan) ( Rosa et al. 2016). Widely distributed in the Oriental Region ( Kimsey & Bohart 1991).

Remarks

Rosa et al. (2016) considered Trichrysis triacantha as a possible synonym of T. vestigator (Smith, 1858) based on illustrations of the apical margin of T3 provided by Bohart (1988: fig. 6) and Kimsey & Bohart (1991: fig. 150c). Thanks to the kind help of James Hogan (OUMNH), we examined pictures of the type of T. vestigator and can state that the two taxa are closely related. Actually, the intervals between the median tooth and the lateral teeth of the type specimen are straight and not convex, as shown in the illustrations of Bohart (1988) and Kimsey & Bohart (1991). Taking into account the high variability of this species, as recorded by Rosa et al. (2016), based on specimens collected in the same locality in China, we agree that the two species could be conspecific; however, examination of more material is needed prior to proceeding with this synonymy.

References

Bingham C. T. 1903. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera. Vol. II. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps. Taylor & Francis, London.

Bischoff H. 1913. Hymenoptera. Fam. Chrysididae. In: Wytsman P. (ed.) Genera insectorum. Fascicule 151. L. Desmet-Verteneuil, Bruxelles.

Bohart R. M. 1988. A key to Trichrysis and new species from Sri Lanka and Africa (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). The Pan Pacific Entomologist 63 (4): 347 - 351.

du Buysson R. 1896. Premiere contribution a la connaissance des Chrysidides de l'Inde. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 10: 462 - 481.

Fabricius J. C. 1804. Systema Piezatorum Secundum Ordines, Genera, Species, Adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus. Carolum Reichard, Brunsvigae [Brunswick]. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 12548

Gribodo G. 1879. Note imenotterologiche. Annali del Museo civico di Storia naturale di Genova 14: 325 - 347.

Gribodo G. 1884. Sopra alcuni Imenotteri raccolti a Minhla nel regno di Birmania dal Cap. G. B. Comotto. Annali del Museo civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 21: 349 - 368.

Jonathan J. K., Roy S. B. & Dhar M. 1977. On a collection of cuckoo wasps from India and Bhutan (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Newsletter Zoological Survey of India 32: 85 - 87.

Kimsey L. S. & Bohart R. M. 1991 [1990]. The Chrysidid Wasps of the World. Oxford University Press, New York.

Lichtenstein J. 1876. Note sur les genre Chrysis. Petites Nouvelles entomologiques 2 (8 / 145): 27.

Mocsary A. 1889. Monographia Chrysididarum Orbis Terrarum Universi. Hungarian Academy of Science, Typis Societatis Franklinianae, Budapest.

Mocsary A. 1912. Species Chrysididarum novae. II. Annales Historico-naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 10: 375 - 414.

Mocsary A. 1914. Chrysididae plerumque exoticae novae. Annales Historico-naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 12: 1 - 74.

Rosa P., Wei N. - S., Feng J. & Xu Z-f. 2016. Revision of the genus Trichrysis Lichtenstein, 1876 from China, with description of three new species (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 63 (1): 109 - 136. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / dez. 63.7347

Rosa P., Aswathi P. G. & Bijoy C. 2021 a. An annotated and illustrated checklist of the Indian cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Zootaxa 4929 (1): 1 - 100. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4929.1.1

Rosa P. & Halada M. 2021. New species and new records of cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) from India and Sri Lanka. Zoosystematica Rossica 30 (2): 190 - 212.

Smith F. 1874. A revision of the Hymenopterous genera Cleptes, Parnopes, Pyria and Stilbum, with descriptions of new species of those genera, and also of new species of the genus Chrysis from North China and Australia. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 7: 451 - 471. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1874. tb 00175. x

Figures

Fig. 7. Species of Trichrysis Lichtenstein, 1876, shape of black spots on S2. A. T. inops (Gribodo, 1884). B. T. imperiosa (Smith, 1874). C. T. lusca (Fabricius, 1804). D. T. poseidonia sp. nov. E. T. lanka (Bingham, 1903). F. T. hexapholis Bohart, 1988 (modified from Bohart 1988). G. T. scioensis (Gribodo, 1879). H. T. tonkinensis (Mocsáry, 1914). I. T. triacantha (Mocsáry, 1889). J. T. excisifrons (Mocsáry, 1912).