taxonID	type	description	language	source
EF2A7D23FFB55706FF672EF4AC127002.taxon	description	2024. Chrysis fuscipennis Brullé: Chrysis fuscipennis or Chrysis angolensis? An answer with new synonymies, a new combination and species resurrected (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research, 56 (1), p. 7 Female: Body length 10.2 mm. Forewing length 6.7 mm. OOL 1.6 x MOD; POL 2.2 x MOD; MS 0.8 x MOD; relative length of P: F 1: F 2: F 3 = 1.0: 1.7: 1.3: 1.0 Head: Frons and vertex with medium-sized punctures with 0.4 x MOD diameter. TFC encircling mid ocellus with two branches extending downwards from the base (Figure 1 C). A depression below the median ocellus. The Scapal basin is rugulose with silvery-white vestiture. Dense white vestiture along the sides of the eye and in malar space. The apical margin of the clypeus incurved and thickened. Sharp genal carina and sub-genal carina present. Mesosoma (Figure 1 A): Medial pronotal line shallow. Pronotal carina present. Pronotum and mesoscutum with uniform punctures. Notauli as lines of small, deep, rectangular foveae with dark blue colour. Parapsidal signum present. Mesoscutellum with large irregular double punctures medially with small punctures in interspaces. Metanotum with deep large punctures. Rs not reaching wing margin. Metatarsomere I longer than II-IV together. V as long as III and IV together. Scrobal sulcus formed by large circular foveae. Metasoma: T 1 with medium-sized punctures on apicalmedial region. The size of punctures decreases towards the base and lateral sides. Smaller dots are present on interspaces. T 2 with small equal-sized punctures except at the base where punctures decrease in diameter. T 3 with slightly smaller punctures than T 2. Pit row with ten large foveae (Figure 1 D). Apical margin with four sharp and stout triangular teeth (Figure 1 A, E). Median two teeth projecting in front of lateral two (Figure 1 E). S 2 with large elongated dark spots placed at 2.1 x MOD distant from each other with a narrow separation from lateral margins (Figure 1 F). Colouration: Body metallic green with golden-yellow reflections on vertex, frons, pronotum and base of terga II (Figure 1 A). The metallic blue colour on the median area of mesoscutum, tegula and basally on terga III, pit row and metasomal teeth. Scape, pedicel and F 1 metallic green. Other flagellomeres are black. Tegula metallic blue with green reflections on the apex. Wings brown. Legs metallic green with black tarsi. Pit row and metasomal teeth blue in colour. Materials examined: 1 ♀, Moothakunnam, Kerala, 10 ° 11 ’ 24.63 ” N, 76 ° 12 ’ 00.73 ” E, Altitude 3 m, 28. iii. 2020, coll. N. A. Kashmeera (Reg. No. CCSERLC 38); 1 ♀, Kambalakkad, Kerala, 11 ° 40 ’ 16.04 ” N, 76 ° 05 ’ 22.52 ” E, Altitude 768 m, 4. v. 2020, coll. P. G. Aswathi (Reg. No. CCSERLC 76); 1 ♀, Kambalakkad, Kerala, 11 ° 40 ’ 16.04 ” N, 76 ° 05 ’ 22.52 ” E, Altitude 768 m, 5. v. 2020, coll. P. G. Aswathi (Reg. No. CCSERLC 78); 1 ♀, Kallayi, Kerala, 11 ° 14 ’ 06.87 ” N, 75 ° 47 ’ 37.79 ” E, Altitude 6 m, 3. ii. 2021, coll. P. G. Aswathi (Reg. No. CCSERLC 115); 1 ♀, Irinjalakuda, Kerala, 10 ° 21 ’ 18.80 ” N, 76 ° 12 ’ 48.59 ” E, Altitude 25 m, 19. ii. 2021, coll. P. G. Aswathi (Reg. No. CCSERLC 120). Distribution in Kerala: Irinjalakuda (Thrissur), Kallayi (Kozhikode), Kambalakkad (Wayanad), Moothakunnam (Ernakulam) (Figure 2).	en	Aswathi, P. G., Bijoy, C. (2024): Additions to the Chrysidid fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) of Kerala. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 124 (4): 361-366, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v124/i4/2024/169869, URL: https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v124/i4/2024/169869
EF2A7D23FFB55703FC9A2A5CAC367786.taxon	description	Female: Body length 9.6 mm. Forewing length 1.56 mm. OOL 1.6 x MOD; POL 2.3 x MOD; MS 1.1 x MOD; relative length of P: F 1: F 2: F 3 = 1.0: 1.7: 1.0: 1.0 Head: Frons with irregular contiguous punctures. Vertex and ocellar triangle with small punctures with polished interspaces. Weak TFC (Figure 3 C). Scapal basin rugulose and covered with white vestiture. Mesosoma: Pronotum with weak medial pronotal line reaching almost 3 / 4 th length of pronotum. Punctures of pronotum with polished interspaces. Pronotum and mesonotum with equal-sized punctures of about 0.3 x MOD diameter. Notauli formed of small circular punctures with blue colour contrasting with the green colour of mesonotum. Blue reflections on the middle area of the mesonotum (Figure 3 A) with polished interspaces. The parapsidal signum is well-developed. Mesoscutellum with different-sized punctures from 0.3 x MOD to 0.5 x MOD diameter with broad polished interspaces. Metanotum with medium sized closely placed punctures. Metatarsomere I longer than II-IV together. Metasoma: T 1 with medium-sized punctures with small dots at interspaces. T 2 with slightly smaller punctures with polished interspaces. T 2 and T 3 have a faint median carina (Figures 3 A, E). White-silvery vestiture is present on T 2 and T 3, especially on lateral and posterior margins. Pit row with 10 large foveae. Apical rim with four triangular teeth (Figures 3 E). S 2 with large circular dark spots placed at 0.8 x MOD distant from each other positioned towards the upper half of S 2 with one end merged with lateral sides (Figure 3 F). Colouration: Body green with yellowish green reflection on mesoscutellum, T 1 and T 2. Blue reflection on metasomal teeth and middle area of mesonotum. Scape, pedicel and F 1 metallic green, other flagellomeres black. Tegula green. Wings brown. Materials examined: India: 1 ♀, Irinjalakuda, Kerala, 10 ° 21 ’ 18.80 ”, N 76 ° 12 ’ 48.59 ” E, Altitude 25 m, 5. xii. 2019, coll. P. G. Aswathi (Reg. No. CCSERLC 3); 1 ♀, Irinjalakuda, Kerala, 10 ° 21 ’ 18.80 ” N, 76 ° 12 ’ 48.59 ” E, Altitude 25 m, 10. i. 2020, coll. Anju Sara Prakash (Reg. No. CCSERLC 6); 1 ♀, Irinjalakuda, Kerala, 10 ° 21 ’ 18.80 ” N, 76 ° 12 ’ 48.59 ” E, Altitude 25 m ,, 14. i. 2020, coll. T. B. Suryanarayanan (Reg. No. CCSERLC 8); 1 ♀, Kambalakkad, Kerala, 11 ° 40 ’ 16.04 ” N, 76 ° 05 ’ 22.52 ” E, Altitude 768 m, 3. iv. 2020, coll. P. S. Hiran (Reg. No. CCSERLC 48); 1 ♀, Kambalakkad, Kerala, 11 ° 40 ’ 16.04 ” N, 76 ° 05 ’ 22.52 ” E, Altitude 768 m, 17. iv. 2020, coll. P. S. Hiran (Reg. No. CCSERLC 59); 1 ♀, Kambalakkad, Kerala, 11 ° 40 ’ 16.04 ” N, 76 ° 05 ’ 22.52 ” E, Altitude 768 m, 4. v. 2020, coll. P. G. Aswathi (Reg. No. CCSERLC 73); 1 ♀, Malaparamba, Kerala, 11 ° 17 ’ 08.44 ” N, 75 ° 48 ’ 41.23 ” E, Altitude 9 m, 3. ii. 2021, coll. P. G. Aswathi (Reg. No. CCSERLC 114); 1 ♀, Ashtamichira, Kerala, 10 ° 16 ’ 16.28 ” N, 76 ° 16 ’ 47.18 ” E, Altitude 9 m, 24. i. 2020, coll. K. R. Renanadh (Reg. No. CCSERLC 149); 1 ♀, Kayamkulam, Kerala, 9 ° 10 ’ 47 ” N, 76 ° 30 ’ 44 ” E, Altitude 7 m, 15. i. 2022, coll. P. G. Aswathi (Reg. No. CCSERLC 194); 1 ♀, Kannavam, Kerala, 11 ° 50 ’ 40 ” N, 75 ° 39 ’ 38 ” E, Altitude 36 m, 8. iii. 2022, coll. P. G. Arun (Reg. No. CCSERLC 257); 1 ♀, Nedumpoil, Kerala, 11 ° 51 ’ 12 ” N, 75 ° 44 ’ 42 ” E, Altitude 132 m, 9. iii. 2022, coll. P. G. Aswathi (Reg. No. CCSERLC 270); 1 ♀, Malayattoor, Kerala, 10 ° 11 ’ 38 ” N, 76 ° 29 ’ 52 ” E, Altitude 24 m, 23. iv. 2022, coll. P. G. Aswathi (Reg. No. CCSERLC 329); 1 ♀, Azhikode, Kerala, 10 ° 12 ’ 30 ” N, 76 ° 09 ’ 23 ” E, Altitude 2 m, 24. v. 2022, coll. Arppith Raj (Reg. No. CCSERLC 330). Distribution in Kerala: Ashtamichira; Azhikode; Irinjalakuda (Thrissur), Kambalakkad (Wayanad), Malaparamba (Kozhikode), Kannavam; Nedumpoil (Kannur), Kayamkulam (Alappuzha), Malayattoor (Ernakulam) (Figure 4).	en	Aswathi, P. G., Bijoy, C. (2024): Additions to the Chrysidid fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) of Kerala. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 124 (4): 361-366, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v124/i4/2024/169869, URL: https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v124/i4/2024/169869
