Chrysis gujaratica Nurse, 1903a

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 : 42-44

Chrysis gujaratica Nurse, 1903a

( Figs 38 A–38D, 39A–39D)

Chrysis gujaratica Nurse, 1903a: 11 . Lectotype ♂ designated by Bohart in Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 416; India: Gujarat: Deesa (NHMUK). Bingham 1903: 437 (key), 456 (descr., Northern Gujarat: Deesa; Delhi), pl. I (fig. 3); Linsenmaier 1959: 239 (descr., India); Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 416 (cat., India: Deesa, pallidicornis group); Rosa et al. 2020a: 48 (cat., typ., fig. 18).

Chrysis nursei Bingham, 1903: 463 . Holotype ♂; India: Gujarat: Deesa (437 (key), 463–464 (descr.), 463 (fig. 156)) (NHMUK)

(examined), syn. nov. Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 444 (cat., India: Deesa, pallidicornis group). Chrysis (Tetrachrysis) gujaratica: Bischoff 1913: 52 (cat., India). Chrysis (Hexachrysis) nursei: Bischoff 1913: 66 (cat., India). Chrysis (Chrysis) gujaratica: Linsenmaier 1968: 92 (descr., North-West India, pallidicornis group).

Material examined. 1 ♀, Syntype, Deesa, 3.01, ♀, Type, Col. C.G. Nurse Collection 1920-72, Chrysis gujaratica

( Nurse), B.M. Type Hym. 13.89, BMNH(E) #970899 ( NHMUK); 1 ♂, Holotype, Deesa, 12.01, ♂, Chrysis nursei ♂ Bing. Type, B.M. Type Hym. 13.99, BMNH(E) #970898 ( NHMUK); 1 ♀, Deesa 3.01, Baluchistan Deesa C.G. Nurse 1909, Chrysis gujaratica Nurse (NHMW) ; 1 ♂, Deesa 3.01, Baluchistan Deesa C.G. Nurse 1909, Chrysis gujaratica Nurse (NHMW) ; 2 ♂, Gujarat, Deesa , iii.1901, leg. C.G. Nurse ( MNLU).

Distribution: India (Delhi; Gujarat). Pakistan ( Nurse 1903b).

Remarks. Chrysis nursei Bingham ( Fig. 39 ) is the dimorphic ♂ of Ch. gujaratica Nurse ( Fig. 38 ), both collected in numbers at Quetta by Nurse during the years 1901–1903, and for this reason we here propose the new synonymy: Chrysis nursei Bingham, 1903 , syn. nov. of Ch. gujaratica Nurse, 1903b .

Figures

FIGURE 38. Chrysis gujaratica Nurse, 1903, lectotype, female. A. Habitus, dorsal view. B. Habitus, lateral view. C. Head, frontal view. D. Metasoma, posterior view. Scale bars 1.0 mm. (© The Trustees of the NHMUK)

FIGURE 39. Chrysis nursei Bingham, 1903 (= Chrysis gujaratica Nurse), holotype, male. A. Habitus, dorsal view. B. Habitus, lateral view. C. Head, frontal view. D. Metasoma, posterior view. Scale bars 1.0 mm. (© The Trustees of the NHMUK)