Chrysis chilensis Spinola, 1851

Rosa, Paolo & Xu, Zai-fu, 2015, Annotated type catalogue of the Chrysididae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) deposited in the collection of Maximilian Spinola (1780 - 1857), Turin, ZooKeys 471, pp. 1-96 : 10

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Chrysididae

Chrysis chilensis Spinola, 1851 Plate 6

Chrysis chilensis : Spinola 1851: 404.

Type locality.

Chile "Esta especie es bastante comun en Chile y principalmente en las cercanias de Coquimbo, Illapel, etc.".

Material.

Lectotype (here designated) ♂. Chrysis chiliensis (sic!), Spin. / M. Gay / Chili.

Paralectotypes 2♀♀. idem.

Catalogue Casolari & Casolari Moreno. Chrysis chiliensis , 1, 52, 32, 3 (box 51).

Remarks.

Chrysis chilensis was described based on a syntype series that included males and females. Other syntypes are housed in LZM ( Dahlbom’s collection) and MNHN ( du Buysson 1898: 166).

Gay (1851: 404) erroneously assumed that Chrysis chilensis Spinola was described in 1845 in Atlas Zoologico, Entomologia, Himenópteros, tav. 4, fig. 6. The same author therefore also considered Chrysis chilensis a senior subjective synonym of Chrysis grandis Brullé, 1846. Currently, Chrysis chilensis Spinola, 1851 is considered a junior subjective synonym of Chrysis grandis Brullé, 1846. Since we could not find the reference "Atlas Zoologico" cited by Gay, we consider Chrysis chilensis Spinola, 1851 as the junior synonym of Chrysis grandis Brullé, 1846. We designate the male specimen, still being in good condition, as the lectotype. It belongs to the Chrysis grandis group.

Current status.

Chrysis grandis Brullé, 1846 (synonymised by Mocsáry 1889: 404).