Trichrysis lusca ( Fabricius, 1804 )

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 : 128-129

Trichrysis lusca ( Fabricius, 1804)

Figs 4 , 7C

Chrysis lusca Fabricius, 1804: 171 .

Chrysis lusca – du Buysson 1896: 475 (in key), 476. — Dalla Torre 1892: 76. — du Buysson 1898b: 76. — du Buysson 1900: 153. — Bingham 1903: 439 (in key), 484; 1908: 349. — Jonathan et al. 1977: 87. — Thakkar & Parikh 2018: 22.

Chrysis (Pentachrysis) lusca – Mocsáry 1889: 527–528. — Bischoff 1913: 62.

Praestochrysis lusca – Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 533.

Trichrysis lusca – Suresh et al. 1999: 2. — Mathew 2004: 219. — Rosa et al. 2021a: 81 , fig. 82.

Material examined

Holotype ITALY [given in the original description] • ♀ [square green label]; “TYPE”; “Schlanbusch, Mus: T: Lund, Chrysis , lusca, Fabr. ”; “ Chrysis lusca F., Syst. Piez. 1804.171.7”; “ ZMUC 00241218 ”; ZMUC.

Other material INDIA • 2 ♀♀; Karikal , Malabar; without further data; NHMW • 1 ♀; Kerala, Kannur, Ulikkal ; 12°01′ N, 75°40′ E; 5 Feb. 2021; A.S. Prakash leg.; CCSERLC118; SERL • 1 ♀; Kerala, Ernakulam, Moothakunnam ; 10°11′ N, 76°12’,E; 27 Jul. 2020, N.A. Kashmeera leg.; CCSERLC87; SERL • 1 ♀; Kerala, Kozhikode, Malaparamba ; 11°17′ N, 75°48′ E; 3 Feb. 2021; P.G. Aswathi leg.; CCSERLC112; SERL • 1 ♀; Kerala, Kasargod, Periyanganam ; 12°18′ N, 75°15′ E; 28 Feb. 2020; sweep net; CCSERLC13; SERL • 3 ♀♀; Kerala, Idukki, Marakkanam ; 9°57′ N, 77°02′ E; 19 Apr. 2020; T.D. Dhanoop leg.; CCSERLC182 to 184; SERL • 1 ♀; Kerala, Thenmala ; May 1985; Nathan leg. ; PRC • 1 ♀; Kerala, Wayanad, Kambalakkad ; 11°40′ N, 76°05′ E; 19 Mar. 2020; CCSERLC24; SERL • 1 ♀; Kerala, Wayanad, Kallur ; 11°39′ N, 76°19′ E; 20 Nov. 2020; sweep net; P.G. Aswathi leg.; CCSERLC93; SERL • 1 ♀; Kerala, Wayanad, Mananthavady ; 11°46′ N, 75°59′ E; 20 Jan. 2021; P.G. Aswathi leg.; CCSERLC99; SERL • 1 ♀; Kerala, Wayanad, Vakery ; 11°41′ N, 76°12′ E; 5 May 2020; P.G. Aswathi leg.; CCSERLC79; SERL • 12 ♀♀; Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore; without further data; NHMW • 1 ♀; Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore; Aug. 1932; Nathan leg.; NMLU • 1 ♀; Tamil Nadu, Kurumbagaram; 22 Sep. 1951; S. Nathan leg.; NMLU • 3 ♀♀; Tamil Nadu, Kurumbagaram ; Sep. 1951; MNLU • 1 ♀; Tamil Nadu, Settipatti ; 13 Jun. 1975; W. Perraudin leg.; NMLU • 1 ♀; same locality data as for preceding; 16 Jun. 1975; NMLU • 1 ♀; same locality data as for preceding; 3 Jul. 1976; NMLU • 3 ♀; same locality data as for preceding; Nov. 1979; MNLU • 1 ♀; Tamil Nadu, Omalur, Salem Settipatti ; 14 Oct. 1975; W. Perraudin leg.; NMLU • 1 ♀; same locality data as for preceding; 5 Nov. 1975; NMLU • 1 ♀; same locality data as for preceding; 29 Nov. 1975; NMLU • 4 ♀♀; same locality data as for preceding; Mar. 1978; NMLU .

Distribution

India (Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Rajarampore, Nilgiris); China (Hubei, Hunan, Taiwan, Fujian, Guangdong, Macao, Hainan, Guizhou, Yunnan) ( Rosa et al. 2016); Australia, Japan, Korea, Madagascar, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand ( Kimsey & Bohart 1991); Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar ( Jonathan et al. 1977), Sri Lanka, Vietnam ( Rosa et al. 2016). Afrotropical: Mauritius and Réunion ( Azevedo et al. 2010).

Figures

Fig. 4. Trichrysis lusca (Fabricius, 1804), ♀, holotype (HNHM). A. Habitus, lateral view. B. Mesosoma and T1, dorso lateral view. C. Habitus, dorsal view. D. Metasoma, posterior view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.

Fig. 7. Species of Trichrysis Lichtenstein, 1876, shape of black spots on S2. A. T. inops (Gribodo, 1884). B. T. imperiosa (Smith, 1874). C. T. lusca (Fabricius, 1804). D. T. poseidonia sp. nov. E. T. lanka (Bingham, 1903). F. T. hexapholis Bohart, 1988 (modified from Bohart 1988). G. T. scioensis (Gribodo, 1879). H. T. tonkinensis (Mocsáry, 1914). I. T. triacantha (Mocsáry, 1889). J. T. excisifrons (Mocsáry, 1912).