Chrysis cupreiventris Bingham, 1898

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 : 38

Chrysis cupreiventris Bingham, 1898

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Chrysis cupreiventris Bingham, 1898: 117 . Holotype ♀; India: Himachal Pradesh: Simla [= Shimla] (NHMUK) (examined). Bingham 1903: 437 (key), 465–466 (descr., Himalayas, Simla, Sikhim); Bingham 1908: 348 (Himalayas: Phagu near Simla); Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 401 (cat., Simla, ignita group).

Chrysis cupriventris (!): Jonathan et al. 1977: 86 (Himalayas).

Chrysis ( Tetrachrysis) cupreiventris: Bischoff 1913: 50 (cat., Himalaya, Sikkim).

Material examined. 1 ♂, Sikhim Runjit Valley 1000 ft 5.94 Bingham, cupreiventris Bingh. Bingham typ., Chrysis cupreiventris (m) Bingh. type; 1 ♂, Pakistan: Chitral, Madaglasbt, 9.ix.1929, leg. B.N. Chopra ( NHMW).

Distribution. India ( Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim); Pakistan (new record).

Figures

FIGURE 31. Chrysis cupreiventris Bingham, 1898, holotype, female.A. Habitus, dorsal view. B. Habitus, lateral view. C. Head, frontal view. D. Metasoma, dorsal view. E. Metasoma, ventral view. Scale bars 1.0 mm. (© The Trustees of the NHMUK)