Chrysis stilboides Spinola, 1838

Rosa, Paolo, Aswathi, Pokkattu Gopi & Bijoy, Chenthamarakshan, 2021, An annotated and illustrated checklist of the Indian cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae), Zootaxa 4929 (1), pp. 1-100 : 63

Chrysis stilboides Spinola, 1838

( Figs 61 A–61E)

Chrysis stilboides Spinola, 1838: 446 . Holotype ♀; Egypt (MSNT) (examined). Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 466 (cat., India).

Chrysis (Hexachrysis) indica Mocsáry, 1889: 591 , nec Schrank, 1802. Holotype ♂; India Orientalis (HNHM) (examined). Bischoff 1913: 65 (cat., India).

Chrysis indica: Dalla Torre 1892: 72 (cat., India or.); Bingham 1903: 439 (key), 486 (descr., India Orientalis); Bingham 1908: 349 (cat., Bihar: Purneah [= Purnia]).

Material examined. 1 ♂, India: Baluchistan , 1931 ( NHMW) .

Distribution. India (Bihar; India Orientalis [= Himalaya]). Subcosmopolitan: Afrotropical, Palaearctic ( Turkey to Iran and India), Oriental ( Thailand) ( Kimsey & Bohart 1991).

Remarks. The holotype of Chrysis indica examined at HMNH bears the locality label Himalaya and it was examined and identified by Linsenmaier as Chrysis stilboides indica Mocs. in 1962.

Figures

FIGURE 61. Chrysis stilboides Spinola, 1838, female from Baluchistan. A. Habitus, dorsal view. B. Head, frontal view. C. Habitus, lateral view. D. Metasoma, dorsal view. E. Metasoma, ventral view. Scale bars 1.0 mm.