Pentachrysis kibonotoensis Cameron, 1910

Rosa, Paolo & Vardal, Hege, 2015, An annotated catalogue of the types of Chrysididae (Hymenoptera) at the Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, with brief historical notes, ZooKeys 495, pp. 79-132 : 114

Pentachrysis kibonotoensis Cameron, 1910

Pentachrysis kibonotoensis : Cameron 1910: 298.

Type locality.

Tanzania.

Holotype

♂ [not ♀]: [Kilimandj. Sjöstedt] [Kibonoto 1800-1900 m] [ Pentachrysis kibonotoensis ns ♂] [Riksmuseum Stockholm] <green label> [176 85] <red label> [ Praestochrysis spina ♂ ( Brullé) R M Bohart det] [NHRS-HEVA000001091].

Remarks.

The type is seriously damaged by an old dermestid attack. It lacks the antennae (except scapus), the compound eyes, part of the scapal basin, tibia and tarsi of the left foreleg, both hindlegs and the sternites and internal urites. Also the first metasomal tergite is partially damaged.

Current status.

Praestochrysis spina ( Brullé, 1846) (synonymised and transferred by Kimsey and Bohart 1991: 535).