Chrysidea Bischoff, 1913

Rosa, Paolo, Aswathi, Pokkattu Gopi, Wiśniowski, Bogdan & Bijoy, Chenthamarakshan, 2022, Preliminary revision of the Indian cuckoo wasp genera Trichrysis Lichtenstein, 1876 and Chrysidea Bischoff, 1910, with description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae), European Journal of Taxonomy 852, pp. 117-143 : 135

Genus Chrysidea Bischoff, 1913

Chrysidea Bischoff, 1913: 34 .

Chrysis (Chrysidea) – Linsenmaier 1959: 170.

Trichrysis (Chrysidea) – Kimsey & Bohart 1981: 77.

Chrysis (Trichrysis) – Linsenmaier 1984: 196.

Chrysidea – Bohart 1988: 129. — Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 310.

Diagnosis

Head broader than high; scapal basin hollowed, striate or micro-ridged, topped by convex TFC, sometimes with a second upper TFC; F1 longer than F2 or F3, usually less than twice; MS subequal or shorter than 1 MOD; pronotum with weak median groove and mostly without sublateral carina; mesopleuron with episternal and scrobal sulci, omaulus and verticaulus; metanotum rounded, rarely projected posteriorly; fore wing medial cell usually with outer veins faint; T3 usually with only two lateral teeth, sometimes with one median tooth; S2 black spots oval or round, usually separated by 1–2 MOD. Genital capsule with large gonocoxa slightly notched apically, thus appearing bilobate.

Hosts

The known hosts of Chrysidea are crabronid wasps ( Zimmermann 1961; Kimsey & Bohart 1991).

Distribution

The genus includes 26 species distributed in the Palaearctic, Afrotropical, and Oriental Regions. Chrysidea pumila (Klug, 1845) is widespread in the Afrotropical and Palaearctic Regions; 16 species are endemic to the Afrotropical Malagasy Subregion ( Mita & Rosa 2019).

Differential diagnosis

See the differential diagnosis of Trichrysis and Table1 .