Chrysis vishnu Mocsáry, 1912b

Rosa, Paolo, Aswathi, Pokkattu Gopi & Bijoy, Chenthamarakshan, 2021, An annotated and illustrated checklist of the Indian cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae), Zootaxa 4929 (1), pp. 1-100 : 68

Chrysis vishnu Mocsáry, 1912b

( Figs 67 A–67F)

Chrysis (Tetrachrysis) vishnu Mocsáry, 1912b: 557 . Holotype ♀; India: Assam [currently Meghalaya]: Shillong (HNHM) (ex- amined). Bischoff 1913: 61 (cat., Assam).

Chrysis (Chrysis) vishnu: Linsenmiaer 1968: 101 (descr., East India).

Chrysis vishnu: Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 478 (cat., east India, ignita group).

Material examined. 1 ♀, Shillong xi.03, Collect. Bingham, Vishnu Mocs. typ. det. Mocsáry, Holotypus Chrysis vishnu ♀ Mocs. RMB , id nr. 135344 Hym. coll. ( HNHM); 1 ♀, Sikkim: Gantok , 5000ft 1.vi.1924 Maj. R.W.G. Hingston / Everest Exp. Brit. Mus. 1924-386

Distribution. India (Meghalaya; Sikkim); Malaysia ( Kimsey & Bohart 1991).

Remarks. The female of Chrysis vishnu is closely related to females identified as Ch. tamerlana (described on a single male). The main differences between the females of these two species are the relative length of the flagellomere I and the shape of the black spots on the sternum II. An examination of more specimens is needed to confirm the previous synonymies of Chrysis tamerlana and the validity of Ch. vishnu , which could be also a synonymous of Ch. tamerlana .

Figures

FIGURE 67. Chrysis vishnu Mocsáry, 1912, holotype, female. A. Mesosoma, lateral view. B. Head, frontal view. C. Head and mesosoma, dorsal view. D. Metasoma, dorsal view. E. Metasoma, lateral view. F. Metasoma, ventral view. Scale bars 1.0 mm.