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Trichrysis imperiosa

Description

Trichrysis imperiosa (Smith, 1874)

(Figs 80 A–80F)

Chrysis imperiosus Smith, 1874: 460. Lectotype ♀ designated by Bohart in Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 533; Australia: Queensland, Moreton Bay (NHMUK). Chrysis imperiosa: du Buysson 1898a: 142 (Hindoustan [= India]: Karnataka: Kanara; Maharashtra: Poona [= Pune]); Bingham 1903: 438 (key), 479–480 (descr., Sikhim [= Sikkim]; West Bengal: Barrakpore), 479 (fig. 159), pl. I (fig. 13). Chrysis (Pentachrysis) imperiosa: Bischoff 1910: 486 (cat., Assam, West Bengal: Darjeeling). Chrysis (Trichrysis) imperiosa: Roy & Kundu 1985: 227 (Arunachal Pradesh: Namdhapa [=Namdapha]). Praestochrysis imperiosa: Strumia 1996: 62 (India, descr.), 61 (fig. 3).

Material examined: 2 ♀, Meghalaya, Khasia Hills, wihtout further data (ETHZ); 1 ♀, Kerala, Travancore, v.1935 (MNLU); 1 ♀, Kerala, Quilon, Thenmala, leg. Nathan, without further data (PRC).

Distribution. India (Assam; Karnataka; Kerala; Maharashtra; Meghalaya; Sikkim; West Bengal; Arunachal Pradesh); China (Taiwan, Hunan, Guangdong, Hainan) (Rosa et al. 2016a); Australia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka (Bingham 1903); Vietnam (Kimsey & Bohart 1991); Indonesia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Thailand (Rosa et al. 2016a).

Remarks. Several species are currently found under the name Trichrysis imperiosa (B. Wiśniowski, in litteris). The Indian species should belong to Trichrysis cupreidorsus (Tsuneki, 1963) (holotype from Thailand), which was syonymized by Kimsey & Bohart (1991: 533) with Praestochrysis lusca (Fabricius, 1804), without type examination. Also, the Chinese specimens identified as T. imperiosa from Guandong (Rosa et al. 2016a) should belong to a different species.

Notes

Published as part of Rosa, Paolo, Aswathi, Pokkattu Gopi & Bijoy, Chenthamarakshan, 2021, An annotated and illustrated checklist of the Indian cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae), pp. 1-100 in Zootaxa 4929 (1) on page 79, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4929.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4544556

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
ETHZ , MNLU , NHMUK
Family
Chrysididae
Genus
Trichrysis
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Smith
Species
imperiosa
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Trichrysis imperiosa (Smith, 1874) sec. Rosa, Aswathi & Bijoy, 2021

References

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  • Kimsey, L. S. & Bohart, R. M. (1991 [' ' 1990 '']) The Chrysidid Wasps of the World. Oxford University Press, New York, 652 pp.
  • du Buysson, R. (1898 a) Contribution aux Chrysides du Globe (3 e serie). Revue d'Entomologie, 17, 125 - 147.
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  • Rosa, P., Wei, N. - S., Feng, J. & Xu, Z. - F. (2016 a) Revision of the genus Trichrysis Lichtenstein, 1876 from China, with description of three new species (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 63 (1), 109 - 136. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / dez. 63.7347
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