Chrysis mesasiatica

Rosa, Paolo, Halada, Marek, Fateryga, Alexander V. & Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2025, Contribution to the knowledge of the Uzbek cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) with the first checklist and descriptions of new species, Zootaxa 5715 (1), pp. 331-399 : 365

Chrysis mesasiatica Semenov-Tian-Shanskij, 1912

Chrysis rutilans var. asiatica Mocsáry, 1889: 448 , nom. praeocc., nec Radoszkowski, 1889. Syntypes ♀; Turkmenistan: Ashkabad (depository unknown).

Chrysis rutilans mesasiatica Semenov-Tian-Shanskij, 1912: 194. Replacement name for C. asiatica Mocsáry 1889 , nec Radoszkowski, 1889. Synonym of Chrysis decora Radoszkowski, 1877 according to Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 402.

Chrysis mesasiatica : Rosa 2018a: 2 . Reinstated and upgraded to species rank.

Material examined. Uzbekistan: 1♀, Tashkent env., Iskander, 27–28.VI.1980, leg. P.Tyrner ( MHC) ; 1♀, Samarkand env., 19–21.V.1994, leg. M. Halada ( MHC) ; 1♀, 5 km W of Djizak , 23.V.1994, leg. M. Halada ( MHC) ; 1♀, Czirczik , 28.V.1994, leg. M. Halada ( MHC) .

Distribution. Uzbekistan (new record), Russia (European part), Palestine, Turkey ( Linsenmaier 1959), Iran (Rosa et al. 2013), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan ( Mocsáry 1889; Radoszkowski 1890; Semenov-Tian-Shanskij 1912, Semenov-Tian-Shanskij & Nikol’skaya, 1954; Tarbinsky 2002; Rosa 2018b).