Chrysis cupreiventris Bingham, 1898

(Figs 31 A–31E)

Chrysis cupreiventris Bingham, 1898: 117 . Holotype ♀; India: Himachal Pradesh: Simla [= Shimla] (NHMUK) (examined). Bingham 1903: 437 (key), 465–466 (descr., Himalayas, Simla, Sikhim); Bingham 1908: 348 (Himalayas: Phagu near Simla); Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 401 (cat., Simla, ignita group).

Chrysis cupriventris (!): Jonathan et al. 1977: 86 (Himalayas).

Chrysis (Tetrachrysis) cupreiventris: Bischoff 1913: 50 (cat., Himalaya, Sikkim).

Material examined. 1 ♂, Sikhim Runjit Valley 1000 ft 5.94 Bingham, cupreiventris Bingh. Bingham typ., Chrysis cupreiventris (m) Bingh. type; 1 ♂, Pakistan: Chitral, Madaglasbt, 9.ix.1929, leg. B.N. Chopra (NHMW).

Distribution. India (Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim); Pakistan (new record).