Praestochrysis shanghaiensis ( Smith, 1874 )

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 : 76-78

Praestochrysis shanghaiensis ( Smith, 1874)

( Figs 77 A–77E)

Chrysis shanghaiensis Smith, 1874: 460 . Holotype ♀; China: Shanghai (NHMUK). Bingham 1903: 438 (key), 477 (descr., Himalaya; Bengal), 477 (fig. 158).

Praestochrysis shanghaiensis: Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 534 (cat., India).

Distribution. India (Himalayas; Bengal (locality not specified)); India to China and Korea ( Kimsey & Bohart 1991).

Genus Primeuchroeus Linsenmaier, 1968

Primeuchroeus Linsenmaier, 1968: 38 (as subgenus of Euchroeus Latreille, 1809 ). Type species: Chrysis papuana Mocsáry, 1899: 484 [= Primeuchroeus papuanius ( Linsenmaier, 1959) ]. Original designation.

Figures

FIGURE 77. Praestochrysis shanghaiensis (Smith, 1874), female from Japan. A. Habitus, dorsal view. B. Head, frontal view. C. Habitus, lateral view. D. Metasoma, dorso-lateral view. E. Metasoma, ventral view. Scale bars 1.0 mm.