Chrysis pubescens Smith, 1852

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 : 57

Chrysis pubescens Smith, 1852

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Chrysis pubescens Smith, 1852: 45 . Holotype [sex unknown]; India: Maharashtra: Bombay [= Mumbai] (NHMUK). Dalla Torre 1892: 86 (cat., India); Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 452 (cat., India, comparata-scutellaris group).

Chrysis (Tetrachrysis) pubescens: Mocsáry 1889: 376 (descr., India Orientalis: Bombay); Bischoff 1913: 57 (cat., India).

Material examined. 1 ♂, Bihar, Dacca [= Dhaka], v.1938 ( MNLU) ; 1 ♀, Karaikal, Nadungadu [= Nedungadu], 10.iv.1933 ( MNLU) ; 1 ♀, Maharashtra, Bombay Presidency ( Mumbai) 1910, leg. E. Comber ( MNLU) ; 1 ♀, Tamil Nadu, Madras [= Chennai], Chetpat-Polur , 15.iv.1931, leg. P.S. Nathan ( MNLU) ; 2 ♀, Tamil Nadu, Settipatti , 30.ix–10.x.1975, leg. W. Perraudin ( MNLU) ; 1 ♀, idem, xi.1979 ( MNLU) ; 2 ♀, Tamil Nadu, Omalur, Settipatti , 27.xii.1975, leg. W. Perraudin ( MNLU) ; 1 ♀, idem, 6.i.1976 ( MNLU) ; 1 ♀, idem, 26.iii.1976 ( MNLU) ; 1 ♂, idem, 30.iii.1976 ( MNLU) ; 1 ♀, Tamil Nadu, Omalur, Salem , iii.1978, leg. W. Perraudin ( MNLU) .

Distribution. India (Bihar; Maharashtra; Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka ( Kimsey & Bohart 1991).

Figures

FIGURE 54. Chrysis pubescens Smith, 1852, female from Maharashtra. A. Habitus, dorsal view. B. Habitus, lateral view. C. Head, frontal view. D. Metasoma, postero-lateral view. E. Metasoma, dorsal view. F. Metasoma, ventral view. Scale bars 1.0 mm.