Chrysis himalayensis Mocsary , 1889

Rosa, Paolo, Wisniowski, Bogdan & Xu, Zai-fu, 2015, Annotated type catalogue of the Chrysididae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) deposited in the collection of Radoszkowski in the Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, ZooKeys 486, pp. 1-100 : 24-25

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Chrysididae

Chrysis himalayensis Mocsary, 1889 Plate 21

Chrysis (Pentachrysis) himalayensis Mocsáry (in Radoszkowski) 1889: 31.

Type locality.

“Himalaya”.

Holotype

♂ [box 62]: golden rounded label // Hymaj [printed] [yellow label] // symbol // label with genitalia.

Remarks.

Kimsey and Bohart (1991: 534) synonymised Chrysis himalayensis with Praestochrysis shanghaiensis . The affinity was already noticed by Radoszkowski (1889: 31). However, the type shows apparent differences in comparison with the male of Praestochrysis shanghaiensis . In particular the double TFC, the relative length of antennomeres, the distance between the posterior ocelli, the shape of the metanotal projection, etc. These characteristics confirm that this species could be a valid species.

Current status.

Praestochrysis shanghaiensis (Smith, 1874) (synonymised and transferred by Kimsey and Bohart 1991).