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Neochrysis Linsenmaier 
Neochrysis Linsenmaier 1959:73. Type: Chrysis punctatissima Spinola 1840, nec 
Villers 1789 ( =Chrysis carina Brulle 1846). Monobasic and orig. desig. 
Discussion. Neochrysis and Pleurochrysis are closely related and 
may be difficult to separate. Neochrysis lacks a distinct pit row on 
T-1II; pits may or may not be present but there is never a depression 
or prepit swelling, and it does have a hindfemoral pit. The spots on 
S-II are sexually dimorphic; in males they are large and narrowly 
separated (as in fig. 12), and in females these spots are small, often 
oblong and widely separated (fig. 9). In both genera the female S-III 
is subequal in length to S-II (fig. 9) and male S-IV protrudes only as 
a narrow fringe (fig. 10). All Neochrysis species have four apical 
teeth on T-III, except jenseni , with six to eight teeth. 
Included Species: argentina (Brethes) 1908 new comb., arizonen- 
sis Kimsey 1982, bubba Kimsey new species, earner oni (Buysson) 
1900, carina (Brulle) 1846, confusa (Ducke) 1911 new comb., deute- 
roleuca (Mocsary) 1912, inseriata (Mocsary) 1902, jenseni (Buys- 
son) 1906 new comb., lecointei (Ducke) 1906, montezuma (Cam- 
eron) 1888 ,paraensis (Ducke) 1903, tysis Kimsey new species. 
Key to the Species of Neochrysis 
1. Metanotum with medial carina and strongly protruding medi- 
ally in lateral view 2 
Metanotum without medial carina and broadly rounded in lat- 
eral view 3 
2. T-III pit row indicated by broad impunctate stripe; S-II spots 
round in both sexes earner oni (Buysson) 
T-III pit row not indicated by impunctate stripe; S-II spots tiny 
and comma-shaped in males and linear in females 
carina (Brulle) 
3. T-III with six or more apical teeth or angles 
jenseni (Buysson) 
T-III with four apical teeth or angles 4 
4. Pronotum, scutum and scutellum covered with transverse 
striae; anterior pronotal declivity with broad impunctate stripe 
typsis Kimsey 
Thoracic dorsum without transverse striae, anterior pronotal 
declivity without broad impunctate stripe 5 
