A new species and new records of cuckoo wasps from Pakistan and India (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae)

By

Rosa, Paolo
Baiocchi, Daniele
Halada, Marek
Proshchalykin, M. I︠U︡. (Maksim I︠U︡rʹevich)

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021

Original Publication

Journal of Hymenoptera research

Volume

84

Pages

283--294

Subjects

Chrysidini , Distribution , species groups , synonymy , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Washington, D.C International Society of Hymenopterists

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.65439

 

Abstract

Chrysis arkadyisp. nov.from India and Pakistan is herein described in theC. splendidulaspecies group, andC. speculatadu Buysson, 1896 is recorded for the first time from Pakistan. TheChrysis autocrataspecies group, established by Linsenmaier (1997), is synonymised with theC. succinctaspecies group, and theC. serpentulaspecies group, established by Tarbinsky (2002), is synonymised with theC. splendidulaspecies group.C. autocrataNurse, 1903syn. nov.andC. ewridicaTarbinsky, 2001syn. nov.are considered junior synonyms ofC. varianadu Buysson, 1901. A key to the seven species of theC. succinctaspecies group so far known from Pakistan and India is provided.