Chrysis bhoutanensis ( du Buysson, 1908 )

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 : 34

Chrysis bhoutanensis ( du Buysson, 1908)

( Figs 26 A–26F)

Hexachrysis bhoutanensis du Buysson, 1908: 212 . Holotype ♀; India: English Bhutan [= West Bengal], Maria Basti (MNHN) (examined).

Chrysis bhoutanensis: Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 389 (cat., Philippines (sic): Bhutan, smaragdula group).

Material examined. 1 ♀, Museum Paris , Bhoutan, Maria Basti, R. Oberthür 1900, Chrysis Bhoutanensis type Buyss. R. du Buysson det. 1909, Type ( MNHN) .

Distribution: India (West Bengal).

Remarks. The type locality of Chrysis bhoutanensis (du Buysson) is in fact British Bootang ( Bhoutan) which is in West-Bengal, India, and Maria Basti is now in Kalimpong environs in Darjeeling (West Bengal). Other distributional records ( Philippines, Indonesia in Kimsey & Bohart 1991) are in error or doubtful.

Figures

FIGURE 26. Chrysis bhoutanensis (du Buysson, 1908), holotype, female.A. Mesosoma, lateral view. B. Head, frontal view. C. Head and mesosoma, dorsal view. D. Metasoma, posterior view. E. Metasoma, lateral view. F. Metasoma, ventral view. Scale bars 1.0 mm.