Boffachrysis Pagliano & Scaramozzino, 1990

Brethesia Linsenmaier, 1985: 461 (as subgenus of Neochrysis Linsenmaier, 1959). Type species. Chrysis ameghinoi Brèthes, 1903, by original designation, nom. praeocc., nec Schrottky, 1909 ( Hymenoptera, Pompilidae). Objectively invalid name.

Brethesiella Linsenmaier, 1987: 144 (as subgenus of Neochrysis Linsenmaier, 1959). Type species. Chrysis ameghinoi Brèthes, 1903, by automatic designation. Replacement name for Brethesia Linsenmaier, 1985, nec Schrottky, 1909, nom. praeocc., nec Brethesiella Porter, 1920, nec Timberlake, 1920 ( Hymenoptera, Encyrtinae). Objectively invalid name.

Boffachrysis Pagliano & Scaramozzino, 1990: 4 . Type species. Chrysis ameghinoi Brèthes, 1903, by automatic designation. Replacement name for Brethesiella Linsenmaier, 1987, nom. praeocc., nec Brethesiella Porter, 1920, nec Timberlake, 1920.

For all the other species previously included in Pleurochrysis by Kimsey & Bohart (1991), the first available name to be used is Boffachrysis Pagliano & Scaramozzino, 1990 . This is a relatively heterogeneous taxon, characterized by a lack of derived characteristics and has to be re-evaluated, starting from the type species Chrysis ameghinoi, possibly with molecular analyses, for a better placement of all species and a better understanding of their phylogenetic relationships. Brazilian species included in Boffachrysis Pagliano & Scaramozzino, 1990 are: B. acuta (Brèthes, 1906) comb. nov., B. ancilla (du Buysson, 1898) comb. nov., B. cavifrons (Brullé, 1846) comb. nov., B. charruana (Brèthes, 1903) comb. nov., B. dolosa (du Buysson, 1898) comb. nov., B. fasciifera (Bischoff, 1910) comb. nov., B. imbecilla (Mocsáry, 1889) comb. nov., B. jenseni (du Buysson, 1906) comb. nov., B. lagopus (du Buysson, 1891) comb. nov., B. leucophris (Mocsáry, 1889) comb. nov., B. morosa (du Buysson, 1901) comb. nov., B. postica (Brullé, 1846) comb. nov., B. simulator (Kimsey, 1985) comb. nov., and B. ypirangensis (du Buysson, 1904) comb. nov.