Chrysis reichei Dahlbom, 1854

Rosa, Paolo & Xu, Zai-fu, 2015, Annotated type catalogue of the Chrysididae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) deposited in the collection of Maximilian Spinola (1780 - 1857), Turin, ZooKeys 471, pp. 1-96 : 30

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Chrysididae

Chrysis reichei Dahlbom, 1854 Plate 29

Chrysis reichei : Dahlbom 1854: 218.

Type locality.

"Habitat in Africa meridionali ad Caput bonae spei, Mus. D. Spinolae".

Material.

Holotype ♀. Chrysis reichei , Spin. D. Reiche Coromandal.

Catalogue Casolari & Casolari Moreno. Chrysis reichei , 1, 55, 75, 1 (box 51).

Remarks.

Spinola (1838: 448) described Pyria reichei (currently Chrysis lincea Fabricius, 1775) based on one specimen collected by Reiche at Cape of Good Hope, in South Africa. Dahlbom (1854: 218) described a new species based on another specimen received from Spinola under the name Chrysis reichei and collected at Coromandel in the province of Minas Gerais in Brazil. This species is clearly different from Pyria reichei Spinola. Dahlbom (1854) redescribed the species because the specimen received earlier did not match the original description. However, he actually described a new species, confused the type locality Coromandel, Brazil, with Coromandal, which is in South Africa, Mpumalanga State. The holotype of Pyria reichei Spinola is currently considered lost. It belongs to the ignita group.

Current status.

Chrysis brasiliensis Brullé, 1846 (synonymised by Kimsey and Bohart 1991: 391).