Chrysis ionophris Mocsáry, 1893

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 : 45

Chrysis ionophris Mocsáry, 1893

( Figs 41 A–41E)

Chrysis (Tetrachrysis) ionophris Mocsáry, 1893: 226 . Holotype ♀; Burma [= Myanmar] (MSNG).

Chrysis ionophris: Jonathan et al. 1977: 86 (cat., India: Arunachal Pradesh).

Chrysis ionophris: Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 425 (cat., splendidula-senegalensis group).

Material examined. 1 ♀, India: Kerala, Walayar forest , without further data ( NHMW) ; 1 ♀, Tamil Nadu: Settipatti , 9.i.1976, leg. W. Perraudin ( MNLU) ; 1 ♀, idem, 17.xi.1979, leg. W. Perraudin ( MNLU) .

Distribution. India (Arunachal Pradesh; Kerala; Tamil Nadu). China ( Taiwan; Hong Kong), Laos, Myanmar, Sumatra, Thailand ( Rosa et al. 2014).

Remarks. The examined specimen from Kerala ( Figs 41A, 41D ) has a different apical margin of the tergum III (compare with Fig. 41E , Chrysis ionophris from Myanmar). Other two examined specimens from Tamil Nadu have apical margin similar to Chrysis talitha Mocsáry, 1913 ; however, they are separated from the latter by small and ovoid shape of black spots on sternum II. We temporarily consider these modified apical teeth as aberrations. Anyway, more material is needed to evaluate the intra- and interspecific variability in species of the senegalensis group.

Figures

FIGURE 41. Chrysis ionophris Mocsáry, 1893, females from Tamil Nadu. A. Habitus, dorsal view. B. Habitus, lateral view. C. Head, frontal view. D. Metasoma, posterior view. E. Metasoma, posterior view. Scale bars 1.0 mm.