Chrysis rani Mocsáry, 1913

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 : 59

Chrysis rani Mocsáry, 1913

( Figs 56 A–56F)

Chrysis (Hexachrysis) Ráni Mocsáry, 1913: 23 . Holotype ♀; India orientalis: Sikkim (HNHM) (examined). Bischoff 1913: 67 (cat., Sikkim). Chrysis rani: Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 455 (cat., North India, smaragdula group). Chrysis (Hexachrysis) assamensis Mocsáry, 1913: 24 . Holotype ♀; India: Assam (HNHM) (examined) ( smaragdula group). Bischoff 1913: 64 (cat., Assam).

Material examined. 1 ♀, Sikhim iv.–v.1900 Bingham Coll., Collect. Bingham, Rani Mocs. typ. det. Mocsáry, Holotypus Chrysis rani (♀) Mocs. RMBohart, id nr. 135461 Hym. coll. ( HNHM) ; 1 ♀, Asia mer. Assam, assamensis Mocs. det. Mocsáry, Holotypus Chrysis assamensis (♀) Mocs. RMB, id. nr. 135475 HNHM Hym. coll. ( HNHM) .

Distribution. India (Assam; Sikkim).

Remarks. Kimsey & Bohart (1991) synonymised Chrysis assamensis Mocsáry, 1913 with Ch. parallela Brullé, 1846 , nevertheless Ch. assamensis can be recognized by frontal transverse carina 1 × MOD far from the anterior ocellus (vs. 1.5–2.0 × MOD in Ch. parallela ), different sculpture of mesoscutellum with spaced punctures (vs. mesoscutellum with larger, deeper and closer punctures), tergum I with double punctation and tergum II with small, even punctures, antero-medially 1 × PD apart (vs. tergum I with large punctures and small dots in the interspaces, tergum II with a few shallow and very sparse punctures), tergum III with different shape of apical teeth. Chrysis assamensis (see figures in Rosa et al. 2014) is a colour aberration, and diagnostic morphological characters match Ch. rani Mocsáry, 1913 .

Figures

FIGURE 56. Chrysis rani Mocsáry, 1913, holotype, female. A. Head and mesosoma, lateral view. B. Head, frontal view. C. Head and mesosoma, dorsal view. D. Metasoma, dorsal view. E. Metasoma, lateral view. F. Metasoma, ventral view. Scale bars 1.0 mm.