Praestochrysis libita ( du Buysson, 1896b )

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 : 75

Praestochrysis libita ( du Buysson, 1896b)

( Figs 75 A–75E)

Chrysis libita du Buysson, 1896b: 476 . Lectotype ♂ designated by Bohart in Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 533; India: Maharashtra: Bombay, Poona [= Pune] (475 (key), 476–477 (descr.), pl. III (fig. 6)) (MNHN) (examined). du Buysson 1898b: 536 (Tamil Nadu: Pondicherry); Bingham 1903: 438 (key), 478–479 (descr., Poona [= Pune]); Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 533 (cat., India).

Chrysis (Pentachrysis) libita: Bischoff 1913: 62 (cat., India: Bombay, Poona).

Material examined. 1 ♂, 4 ♀, Tamil Nadu , Coimbatore, without further data ( NHMW).

Distribution. India (Maharashtra; Tamil Nadu) .

Figures

FIGURE 75. Praestochrysis libita (du Buysson, 1896), male from Tamil Nadu. 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.