NEW SPECIES OF AFRICAN CHRYSIS 
(HYMENOPTERA: CHRYSIDIDAE)* 
By Richard M. Bohart 
Department of Entomology, University of California, 
Davis, CA 95616 
In the past few years I have examined several thousand Chrysidini 
from Africa in connection with a generic revision. The bulk of this 
material came from museums and private collectors. In addition I 
personally collected some specimens in Kenya and South Africa. 
Most of the original types of African species have been studied. 
Commonly collected species of Afrotropical Chrysis which have 
broad distributions are lincea Fabricius, stilboides Spinola, medio- 
cris Dahlbom, antennata Mocsary, dira Mocsary, angolensis 
Radoszkowski, aurifascia Brulle, and mionii Guerin. All of these 
were described more than 75 years ago, some much longer. Nearly 
150 additional species of Chrysis (plus synonyms) are known to 
occur in the Region, although they are less commonly taken. Most 
of these were named by A. Mocsary, R. du Buysson, and E. Edney. 
The use of Malaise traps by F. W. Gess, C. M. Eardley, and others 
in the past 15 years has increased the catch of previously “rare” 
species, and also the proportion of males. Based on the Chrysis I 
have seen, the list of Afrotropical species in this genus should easily 
reach 250. 
Some of the more distinctive unnamed forms are described below 
with indication of collectors and museum repositories. Abbrevia- 
tions used in the descriptions are: F-I etc., flagellomeres; TFC, 
transverse frontal carina; MOD, median ocellus diameter; T-I etc., 
terga; S-I etc., sterna. 
Museum repositories are identified by the cities in which they are 
located. 
BUDAPEST, Hungarian National Mus.; CAMBRIDGE, Mus. of 
Comparative Zoology, Massachusetts; CAPE TOWN, South Afri- 
can Mus.; COPENHAGEN, Zoological Mus., Denmark; DAVIS, 
University of California Bohart Museum.; GAINESVILLE-AI, 
Manuscript received by the editor July 1, 1987. 
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