Trichrysis imperiosa ( Smith, 1874 )

Rosa, Paolo, Aswathi, Pokkattu Gopi, Wiśniowski, Bogdan & Bijoy, Chenthamarakshan, 2022, Preliminary revision of the Indian cuckoo wasp genera Trichrysis Lichtenstein, 1876 and Chrysidea Bischoff, 1910, with description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae), European Journal of Taxonomy 852, pp. 117-143 : 123-124

Trichrysis imperiosa ( Smith, 1874)

Fig. 7B

Chrysis imperiosus Smith, 1874: 460 .

Chrysis imperiosa – du Buysson 1898a: 142. — Bingham 1903: 438 (in key), 479–480, fig. 159, pl. I fig. 13.

Chrysis (Pentachrysis) imperiosa – Bischoff 1910: 486.

Chrysis (Trichrysis) imperiosa – Roy & Kundu 1985: 227.

Praestochrysis lusca – Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 533.

Praestochrysis imperiosa – Strumia 1996: 62, fig. 3.

Trichrysis imperiosa – Rosa et al. 2021a: 79 , fig. 80.

Material examined

Lectotype AUSTRALIA • ♀; “50, 70”; “ Chrysis , imperiosus , Type Smith”; “B.M. TYPE HYM 13.146”; “Lectotype Chrysis imperiosus ♀, F. Smith, R.M. Bohart ”; “Lectotype”; “BMNH(E) #970896”; BMNH.

Other material INDIA • 3 ♀♀; Meghalaya, Khasia Hills; ETHZ • 1 ♀, Kerala, Travancore ; May 1935; NMLU • 1 ♀; Kerala, Quilon (= Kollam), Thenmala ; leg. Nathan; PRC.

Distribution

India (Assam, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Sikkim, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh); China ( Taiwan, Hunan, Guangdong, Hainan) ( Rosa et al. 2016); Australia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka ( Bingham 1903); Vietnam ( Kimsey & Bohart 1991); Indonesia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Thailand ( Rosa et al. 2016).

Remarks

Although further revision is required, multiple species are to be included under the name of Trichrysis imperiosa . The Indian species could belong to Trichrysis cupreidorsus ( Tsuneki, 1963) ( Rosa et al. 2021a) , described from Thailand and synonymised by Kimsey & Bohart (1991) with Praestochrysis lusca ( Fabricius, 1804) , without type examination. For the moment, we maintain the assessment given by Rosa et al. (2021a).

Figures

Fig. 7. Species of Trichrysis Lichtenstein, 1876, shape of black spots on S2. A. T. inops (Gribodo, 1884). B. T. imperiosa (Smith, 1874). C. T. lusca (Fabricius, 1804). D. T. poseidonia sp. nov. E. T. lanka (Bingham, 1903). F. T. hexapholis Bohart, 1988 (modified from Bohart 1988). G. T. scioensis (Gribodo, 1879). H. T. tonkinensis (Mocsáry, 1914). I. T. triacantha (Mocsáry, 1889). J. T. excisifrons (Mocsáry, 1912).