Chrysis klio Balthasar, 1953

Rosa, Paolo, Farhad, Afrouz, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Ameri, Ali, Baiocchi, Daniele, Halada, Marek & Rakhshani, Ehsan, 2024, The Iranian Chrysididae (Hymenoptera), the current state of the art, with an updated checklist and description of eleven new species, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (4), pp. 827-951 : 880

Chrysis klio Balthasar, 1953 ( Fig. 20A–F)

Chrysis ( Tetrachrysis) klio Balthasar, 1953:257 . Holotype ♂; Palestine: Jerusalem [not holotype ♀ from Afghanistan, Schau, Kokscha-Tal, Badakschar Mts.] ( Prague ) ( varidens group).

Chrysis (Tetrachrysis) klio Balthasar, 1953 = Chrysis varidens Abeille de Perrin, 1878:6 ; Kimsey & Bohart, 1991:474. Chrysis klio : Boustani & Rosa, 2022:16 . Reinstated.

Material examined. 1♀, Qazvin, Zereshk , 36°25'23''N, 50°06'37''E, 27.vii.2011, leg. M. Khayrandish ( TMUC) .

Distribution. * Iran ( Qazvin). Caucasus (Rosa et al., 2013).

Remarks. The species photograph ( Fig. 20) shows a green and blue colour pattern instead of red and blue of the type and other specimens recently collected in nature ( Boustani & Rosa, 2022). This green colouration is considered to be given by an alteration of the cuticle due to the collecting method in the Malaise trap and the preservation in ethanol.