Neochrysis lecointei (Ducke, 1907)

(Fig. 18A–D)

Chrysis lecointei Ducke, 1907: 13 . Syntypes ♀. Brazil: Pará, Óbidos, December 1904 and January 1905, A. Ducke; Pará: Santarém [Lago Grande de Vila Franca], February 1905, P. Le Cointe (MNSN, MPEG, MSNG).

Material examined. 1♀, Obidos 1905 / Chrysis lecointei Ducke ♀ typ.! / Museum Paris Brésil, Obidos A. Ducke 1909 / TYPUS <printed in red> (MNHN); 1♀: Obidos 1905 / Chrysis ♀ lecointei Ducke typ! <handwritten by Ducke> / Typus Typus <red label> / ♀ Neochrysis insuturalis Lins det. Linsenmaier 93 (NMBE); 1♂: Brazil Estado do Pará / Obidos, 5.1.1905 Ducke / Chrysis punctatissima ♂ aberr. lecointei Ducke <handwritten by Ducke > / ex Coll. Gribodo, Brasile, Pará, A. Ducke / Syntypus ♂ Chrysis lecointei Ducke, 1906 (MSNG); 1♀, Brazil Estado do Pará / Obidos 1905 / Chrysis punctatissima ♀ aberr. lecointei Ducke <handwritten by Ducke > / ex Coll. Gribodo, Brasile, Pará, A. Ducke / Syntypus ♀ Chrysis lecointei Ducke, 1906 (MSNG).

PR has examined four of Ducke’s syntype specimens, which belong to two different species based on body sculpture and the black spots on the second sternum. The punctation of the specimens housed in MSNG (Fig. 18A) is spaced with larger punctures, whereas in specimens deposited at MNHN and NMBE (Fig. 18C) is dense and subreticulate. Additionally, the shape of the black spots on the second sternum differs, being subrectangular and basal in the MSNG specimens (Fig. 18B) and comma-like and medially positioned in specimens in MNHN and NMBE (Fig. 18D). Linsenmaier in 1993 examined the specimen deposited at NMBE and identified it as Neochrysis insuturalis Linsenmaier, 1985 . Since the type series includes at least two distinct species, a lectotype designation is needed to fix the interpretation of this taxon. However, we refrain from making this designation at present, as a comprehensive revision of the genus is needed to determine the most appropriate lectotype.