Chrysis oblita Bohart

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Chrysis oblita Bohart in Kimsey & Bohart, 1991

( Figs 46 A–46F)

Chrysis orientalis Dahlbom, 1854: 225 , nec Guérin-Méneville, 1842. Holotype ♀; India Orientalis (ZMUC) (examined).

Chrysis obliterata Mocsáry, 1887: 15 . Replacement name for Chrysis orientalis Dahlbom, 1854 , nec Abeille de Perrin, 1879. Dalla Torre 1892: 81 (cat., India); du Buysson 1896b: 472 (key), 473 (descr., Central provinces, Bombay: Poona [= Pune]), pl. III (fig. 5); Bingham 1908: 348 (North, Center and West India).

Chrysis (Tetrachrysis) obliterata: Bingham 1903: 437 (key), 460–461 (descr., Delhi; Gujarat: Deesa; Bombay: Poona [= Pune]; Central Provinces), 460 (fig. 155); Bischoff 1913: 56 (cat., India).

Chrysis oblita Bohart in Kimsey & Bohart, 1991: 444. Replacement name for Chrysis orientalis Mocsáry, 1887 (cat., India, comparata-scutellaris group).

Material examined. 1 ♀, Delhi, iv.1900, leg. Bingham ( HNHM) ; 1 ♂, West Bengal, Siligori [= Siliguri], 30.i.1897, leg. E. Saundes ( MNLU) ; 1 ♀, Tamil Nadu, Dohnavur, Tinnevelly [= Tirunelveli], 28.ix.1938, B.M. — C.M. Ex- pedn. to S. India Sept. – Oct.,1938 ( MNLU) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Tamil Nadu: Tranqebar [= Tharangambadi], vii.1953, leg. Nathan ( MNLU) ; 1 ♀, Tamil Nadu, Madras [= Chennai], 7 mi SW Bhakini, 250m, 7.iii.1962, leg. E.S. Ross & D.Q. Cavagnaro ( MNLU) ; 1 ♀, Tamil Nadu: Settipatti , 2.vi.1976, leg. W. Perraudin ( MNLU) ; 1 ♀, Tamil Nadu: Pondi- cherry [= Puducherry], Karaikal, v.1973, leg. T. Nathan ( PRC) .

Distribution. India (Delhi; Gujarat; Maharashtra; Tamil Nadu; West Bengal; India Orientalis (locality not specified); Central provinces (locality not specified)). Widely distributed in plains of India ( Jonathan et al. 1977); Pakistan ( Nurse 1903b).

Figures

FIGURE 46. Chrysis oblita Bohart, 1991, female from Tamil Nadu.A. Habitus, dorsal view. B. Habitus, lateral view. C. Head, frontal view. D. Metasoma, dorso-lateral view. E. Metasoma, posterior view. F. Metasoma, ventral view. Scale bars 1.0 mm.