Chrysis acceptabilis Radoszkowski, 1891

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 : 22-23

Chrysis acceptabilis Radoszkowski, 1891

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Chrysis acceptabilis Radoszkowski, 1891: 197 . Lectotype ♂ designated by Rosa et al. 2015d: 7 ; Iran [not Turkmenistan]: Sara- khs (ISEA-PAS) (examined) (cerastes group). Chrysis (Cornuchrysis) acceptabilis: Linsenmaier 1968: 113 (descr., North-West India), 118 (key to ♂), 119 (key to ♀). Chrysis thalia Nurse, 1903b: 41 . Syntypes ♂, ♀; Pakistan: Quetta (HMNH) (examined). Bingham 1903: 437 (key), 462–463 (descr., Delhi); Jonathan et al. 1977: 86 (cat., India: Delhi) .

Distribution. India (Delhi; North-West India (without precise locality)). As far as we know, it is a semidesert species distributed in Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan and Central Asian countries; it was also recorded from Saudi-Arabia, Egypt, Chad, Sudan ( Linsenmaier 1968, 1994). Records from Delhi, Myanmar and Sri Lanka, need confirmation.

Remarks. du Buysson (in Nurse 1904) synonymised Chrysis thalia with Ch acceptabilis Radoszkowski, 1891 . We agree with du Buysson’s interpretation, nevertheless, more specimens of both sexes are needed to confirm this synonymisation. Kimsey & Bohart (1991) listed Chrysis thalia as a valid species, without type examination, and placed Ch. acceptabilis in synonymy of Ch. kokandica Radoszkowski, 1877 . Linsenmaier (1994) reinstated Chrysis acceptabilis from the previous synonymy. This species is often misidentified with other green and blue species belonging to different species groups (P.R., unpubl. note).

Figures

FIGURE 16. Chrysis acceptabilis Radoszkowski, 1891 (syntype of the synonym C. thalia Nurse, 1903), female. A. Habitus, lateral view. B. Head, frontal view. C. Head and mesosoma, dorsal view. D. Metasoma, dorsal view. E. Metasoma, posterior view. F. Metasoma ventral view. Scale bars 1.0 mm.