Chrysis corusca Valkeila, 1971

Paukkunen, Juho, Rosa, Paolo, Soon, Villu, Johansson, Niklas & Ødegaard, Frode, 2014, Faunistic review of the cuckoo wasps of Fennoscandia, Denmark and the Baltic countries (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae), Zootaxa 3864 (1), pp. 1-67 : 36

48. Chrysis corusca Valkeila, 1971

Chrysis corusca Valkeila 1971: 84 . Holotype ♀; Sweden: Åsbro Lerbäck (NRM) (examined). Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 400, 46, Paukkunen et al. 2009: 6, Orlovskytė et al. 2010: 148, Franzén et al. 2012: 27, Hallin 2012, Rosa & Soon 2012, Dyntaxa 2013, Soon et al. 2014: 303, 308, Johansson, in press.

Chrysis schencki [nec Linsenmaier, 1968]: Soon 2004: 23, 46.

Chrysis mediata [nec Linsenmaier, 1951]: Johansson 2010: 118.

Material examined. Estonia (total 98 ♀♀ 48 ♂♂): Aa; Aruaia; Haeska; Jõksi; Kanama; Karja; Kilgi; Koila; Kukruse; Kurelaane; Kurtna; Kämara; Kärgula; Läti; Matsalu; Metsavere; Muike; Mälgi; Norrby; Nurmetu; Oblu; Oonurme; Palupõhja; Penijõe; Poanse; Postova; Reinu; Rooslepa; Sae; Selli; Taevaskoja; Tamme; Tartu; Tihemetsa; Tiilima; Toravere; Tõrvase; Tudulinna; Ülesoo; Vana-Kastre; Varbla; Vee; Vehendi; Vellavere; Vihula; Võhu . * Latvia: Baldone, 17.VI.1968, 1 ♀ (V. Maršakovs) (identified as C. ruddii ); Basi, 7.VII.1973, 1 ♀ (V. Tumšs); Kromaniški , 5.VIII.2008, 1 ♀ (V. Soon) . Norway: TEY: Porsgrunn , Hellås, 24.VI–25.VII.2010, 1 ♀ (F. Ødegaard); TEY: Skien, Nenset , 24.VI–25.VII.2010, 1 ♀ (F. Ødegaard) .

Distribution. Estonia, Finland, * Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden.—Westpalearctic: central and northern Europe, Iran ( Smissen 2010 a, Rosa et al. 2013).

Remarks. The species was described from Sweden by E. Valkeila in 1971. Since then it has been found in all the Nordic and Baltic countries except Denmark. It is uncommon in most countries, and only one specimen has been found from Finland ( Paukkunen et al. 2009). C. corusca was misidentified as C. schencki in the study of Soon (2004).