Chrysis principalis Smith, 1874

Rosa, Paolo, 2023, New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron, Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32), pp. 1396-1433 : 1425

Chrysis principalis Smith, 1874

( Figure 18A–18F )

Chrysis principalis Smith, 1874, p. 461 . Syntypes ♀; China: Shanghai ( NHMUK, OUMUK). Chrysis principalis : Kimsey and Bohart 1991: 450 (cat., holotype deposited at OUMUK, smaragdula group).

Material examined

1♀: N. China / Chrysis principalis Type Smith /Type/B.M. TYPE HYM. 13.135/ NHMUK 014420309 ( NHMUK); 1♀: N. China / principalis Smith [ OUMUK].

Remarks

Smith (1874) described Chrysis principalis based on an unknown number of specimens, presumably syntypes (′This species has the thorax sometimes green, with only a faint blue transverse line on the prothorax... ̍ from Smith 1874, p. 461). Kimsey and Bohart ([1990] 1991) considered a female specimen deposited at OUMUK as holotype. This specimen bears the handwritten labels ′N China ̍ and ′ principalis Smith ̍ without indication of the type status ( Figure 18B ) and can be considered a type. Another identical specimen, but labelled as type by Smith, from N China is deposited at NHMUK ( Figure 18A, C ). I consider both specimens to be syntypes; being conspecific, no action is required to designate the lectotype in this article. Chrysis principalis is currently considered a common and widespread species in the East Palearctic and Oriental region ( Kimsey and Bohart [1990] 1991; Rosa et al. 2021a).

Figures

Figure 18. Chrysis principalis Smith, 1874, syntype ♀. A. Habitus, dorsal view. C. Habitus, lateral view. D. Head, frontal view. E. Mesosoma, postero-lateral view. F. Metasoma, ventral view. B. Syntype J, habitus, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1 mm.