Chrysis perfecta Cameron, 1897

Rosa, Paolo, 2023, New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron, Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32), pp. 1396-1433 : 1425

Chrysis perfecta Cameron, 1897

( Figure 17A–17F )

Chrysis perfecta Cameron, 1897, p. 1 . Syntypes J; India: Barrakpore ( OUMUK).

Chrysis perfecta : Kimsey and Bohart 1991: 448 (maculicornis group).

Material examined

1J: 1149/ Chrysis perfecta Cam. Type/Type HYME 2000 Chrysis perfecta Cameron, 1897 Syntype J HOPE ENT COLL., OUMNH [ OUMUK] .

Remarks

Cameron (1897) described Chrysis perfecta based on a syntype series, as inferable from the size of the specimens given by the author (′ 8–9 mm ̍ from Cameron 1897, p. 1). Kimsey and Bohart ([1990] 1991) considered a specimen deposited at NHMUK to be the possible holotype and included the species in the maculicornis group. The specimen housed at NHMUK is not a type, was collected at Quetta, and originated from the Nurse collection. It bears an additional label: ′not type which is from Barrackpore, Bengal = annulata Buysson̍ handwritten by Yarrow (collection drawer 74). The inclusion of this species in the maculicornis group by Kimsey and Bohart ([1990] 1991) is based on this specimen. However, a male syntype is housed at OUMUK ( Figure 17 ) and belongs to the viridissima group sensu Linsenmaier (1959). This specimen could be the male of Chrysis pubescens Smith, 1852 , described from Bombay [= Mumbai]. Specimens of both species collected from the same localities must be examined before synonymisation of Chrysis perfecta with C. pubescens .

Figures

Figure 17. Chrysis perfecta Cameron, 1897, syntype J. A. Habitus, lateral view. B. Head, frontal view. C. Head and mesosoma, dorsal view. D. Metasoma, dorsal view. E. Mesosoma, second and third metasomal segments, dorsal view. F. Metasoma, third metasomal segment, posterior view. Scale bars: 1 mm.