Chrysis laeta Dahlbom, 1854

Rosa, Paolo, Gadallah, Neveen S. & Brothers, Denis J., 2020, Biodiversity of the aculeate wasps (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) of the Arabian Peninsula: Chrysidoidea, Chrysididae, Zootaxa 4754 (1), pp. 101-121 : 111-112

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4754.1.10
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A7BB9C87-F444-470F-8D74-7A588AD5B70E
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3720162
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scientific name	Chrysis laeta Dahlbom, 1854
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Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula: Saudi Arabia ( Linsenmaier 1994, misidentification), United Arab Emirates ( Strumia 2014, possible misidentification).

Extralimital distribution: Widespread in tropical Africa, West Africa ( Kimsey & Bohart 1991).

Remarks: Linsenmaier’s identification (1994) is erroneous and the species may as yet be undescribed.

References

Kimsey, L. S. & Bohart, R. M. (1991 [ 1990 ]) The Chrysidid Wasps of the World. Oxford University Press, New York, 652 pp.

Linsenmaier, W. (1994) The Chrysididae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of the Arabian Peninsula. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 14, 145 - 206.

Strumia, F. (2014) Order Hymenoptera, family Chrysididae Upgraded checklist of the Chrysididae from the UAE. Arthropod Fauna of the UAE, 5, 471 - 504.