Chrysis daphnis 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 : 16

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Chrysididae

Chrysis daphnis Mocsary, 1889 Plate 13

Chrysis (Gonochrysis) Daphnis Mocsáry ( Inédite) (in Radoszkowski) 1889: 17.

Type locality.

“Sicile”.

Lectotype

♂ (here designated) [box 60]: golden rounded label // label with genital capsula // Favorita [Palermo] 5-82 [handwritten].

Paralectotype

1♂ [box 60]: golden rounded label // I. Sicilia. [printed] // 154 [printed] // Daphnis Mocs [handwritten by Radoszkowski].

Kimsey and Bohart (1991: 401) considered Chrysis daphnis as a synonym of Chrysis cylindrica Eversmann, 1857, while Linsenmaier (1959, 1968, 1997) interpreted Chrysis daphnis as a valid species, providing keys and descriptions. Linsenmaier’s interpretation was correct and Chrysis daphnis is a valid species strictly related to Chrysis consanguinea Mocsáry. Mocsáry (1889) described Chrysis consanguinea based on two females (not male and female) from Sicily and Algeria. The two syntypes, examined and housed in MHNG, belong to two different species: Chrysis daphnis and Chrysis consanguinea . Therefore two lectotype designations are needed to place order in this group. We here designate the lectotype based on the specimen selected by Radoszkowski in his revision of the genital capsulae ( 1889). The paralectotype is damaged: the head lacks the antennae (except the left scapus) and it is glued on the mesosoma; it lacks the right metatibia and tarsi. The lectotype designation of Chrysis consanguinea will be given in a subsequent paper. It belongs to the Chrysis viridula group.

Current status.

Chrysis daphnis Mocsáry, 1889.