Praestochrysis amoenula ( Mocsáry, 1899 )

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 : 74

Praestochrysis amoenula ( Mocsáry, 1899)

( Figs 73 A–73E)

Chrysis (Pentachrysis) amoenula Mocsáry, 1899: 487 . Holotype ♀; India: Maharashtra: Sangli (HNHM) (examined). Bischoff 1913: 62 (cat., India).

Chrysis amoenula: Bingham 1903: 439 (key), 481–482 (descr., India Orientalis).

Praestochrysis amoenula: Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 531 (cat., India).

Material examined. 1 ♀, Sangli, amoenula Mocs. typ. det. Mocsáry, Holotypus Chrysis amoenula ♀ Mocs. RMB, id nr. 135522 HNHM Hym.coll. ( HNHM); 1 ♀, Maharashtra: Bombay [= Mumbai] ( NHMW) (identified as Chrysis libita by du Buysson); 1 ♂, Tamil Nadu, Kilakarai [= Keelakarai] x.1935 ( MNLU); 1 ♀, Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore, viii.1952 ( MNLU).

Distribution. India (Maharashtra; Tamil Nadu; India Orientalis (locality not specified)).

Figures

FIGURE 73. Praestochrysis amoenula (Mocsáry, 1899), female from Tamil Nadu. A. Habitus, dorsal view. B. Head, frontal view. C. Habitus, lateral view. D. Metasoma, dorsal view. E. Metasoma, ventral view. Scale bars 1.0 mm.