Chrysis quaerita Nurse, 1902

Rosa, Paolo, Aswathi, Pokkattu Gopi & Bijoy, Chenthamarakshan, 2021, An annotated and illustrated checklist of the Indian cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae), Zootaxa 4929 (1), pp. 1-100 : 57

Chrysis quaerita Nurse, 1902

( Figs 55 A–55D)

Chrysis quaerita Nurse, 1902: 307 . Holotype ♂; India: Deesa (NHMUK) (examined). Bingham 1903: 444 (Deesa), 435 (key), 444 (descr.); Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 455 (cat., India).

Chrysis (Gonochrysis) quaerita: Bischoff 1913: 43 (cat., India).

Material examined. 1 ♂, Holotype, Deesa, 9.01, ♂, Type, Col. C.G. Nurse Collection 1920-72, BMNH(E) #970924 ( NHMUK).

Distribution. India (Gujarat).

Remarks. Chrysis quaerita belongs to the comparata -scutellaris group.

Figures

FIGURE 55. Chrysis quaerita Nurse, 1902, holotype, male. A. Habitus, dorsal view. B. Habitus, lateral view. C. Metasoma, posterior view. D. Metasoma, ventral view. Scale bars 1.0 mm. (© The Trustees of the NHMUK)