Chrysidini, Latreille, 1802

Lucena, Daercio A. A., Gomes, Rayane Sales, Almeida, Eduardo A. B. & Zanella, Fernando C. V., 2024, “ As Chrysididas do Brazil ”: A catalogue of the Brazilian cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae), Revista Brasileira de Entomologia (e 20240044) 68 (4), pp. 1-63 : 16-22

Chrysidini

This group contains the most familiar groups of Chrysididae . The Chrysidini wasps are frequently captured in trap-nesting studies, attacking larvae of solitary bees and wasps (e.g., Krombein, 1967). Four genera are essentially Neotropical and widely distributed in Brazil: Exochrysis Bohart , Exsecochrysis Linsenamier (=Pleurochrysis Bohart), Ipsiura Linsenmaier , and Neochrysis Linsenmaier. Currently , 108 species are recorded in Brazil, distributed in six genera.

Caenochrysis Kimsey & Bohart, 1981

Caenochrysis Kimsey & Bohart, 1981: 76 . Type species: Chrysis tridens Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1825: 495 (in Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau and Audinet-Serville, 1825), by original designation.

Lorochrysis Kimsey & Bohart, 1981: 76. Type species: Chrysis doriae Gribodo, 1874: 359 , by original designation. Junior synonym of Caenochrysis Kimsey & Bohart , according to Kimsey and Bohart (1991).

Chaenochrysis; incorrect subsequent spelling, Fernández (2001).

Distribution in Brazil. Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraíba, Paraná, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo.

Comments. This is the most species-rich and taxonomically challenging group of Chrysidini in the Neotropical region. Currently, the genus comprises roughly 50 valid species widely distributed in the Neotropical and Nearctic regions (including the Andean region and the Mexican transition zone,sensu Morrone, 2014) ( Kimsey and Bohart, 1981; Bohart and Kimsey, 1982; Linsenmaier, 1984; Kimsey and Bohart, 1991). Hosts include several Trypoxylini (e.g., Krombein, 1967; Kimsey and Bohart, 1991; and references therein), and some Pompilidae ( Marinho and Vivallo, 2020a, 2020b; Deus et al., 2023). Twenty-five species are reported to Brazil. Six species are restricted to the Amazon Forest, nine to the Atlantic Forest, and two to the Caatinga. One species is recorded from a transition zone between Atlantic Forest and Cerrado, and another between Atlantic Forest and Pampa. Five species are recorded in two or more biomes. One species is only known from an unspecified location.

Caenochrysis amazonica ( Mocsáry, 1889)

Chrysis (Trichrysis) amazonica Mocsáry, 1889: 337 . Holotype female ( HNHM). BRAZIL, Amazonas : Parintins [Vila Bela da Imperatriz].

Chrysis amazonica ; Dalla Torre (1892), Ducke (1907a 1, 1911a).

Chrysis (Trichrysis) amazonica ; Bischoff (1910, 1913), Ducke (1913), Linsenmaier (19842).

Trichrysis (Caenochrysis) amazonica ; generic combination by Kimsey and Bohart (1981).

Caenochrysis amazonica ; generic combination by Kimsey and Bohart (1991); Rasmussen and Asenjo (2009).

Distribution. BRAZIL, Amazonas: Barcelos 1, Parintins, SURINAM 2, COLOMBIA 2, PERU 2.

Biome. Amazon Forest.

Caenochrysis apposita ( Linsenmaier, 1984)

Chrysis (Trichrysis) apposita Linsenmaier, 1984: 210 . Holotype male ( NMLU). ARGENTINA, Entre Ríos.

Caenochrysis apposita ; generic combination by Kimsey and Bohart (19911); Rasmussen and Asenjo (2009).

Distribution. ARGENTINA, Entre Ríos, BRAZIL, Rio Grande do Sul: Guaíba, BOLIVIA, La Paz, PERU 1.

Biome. Transition zone between Atlantic Forest and Pampa.

Caenochrysis armata ( Mocsáry, 1889)

Chrysogona armata Mocsáry, 1889: 187. Lectotype female (HNHM), designated by Bohart (in Bohart and French, 1986: 341). BRAZIL, Santa Catarina: Blumenau.

Chrysogona armata; Dalla Torre (1892), du Buysson (19011).

Chrysis ritsemae var. bonariensis Brèthes, 1902: 271 . Holotype female (by monotypy) (MACN). ARGENTINA, Buenos Aires: Buenos Aires [Villa Devoto], 16.iii.1902, M.E.Autran.Junior synonym of Chrysogona armata Mocsáry, according to du Buysson (1909).

Chrysis ritsemae var.elongata Brèthes, 1902: 272 . Holotype female (by monotypy) (MACN). BRAZIL, Rio de Janeiro: Nova Friburgo. Junior synonym of Chrysogona armata Mocsáry, according todu Buysson (1909).

Chrysis schrottkyi Brèthes, 1902: 270 . Holotype male (by monotypy) (depository unknown). ARGENTINA, Buenos Aires: Buenos Aires, January 1902. Junior synonym of Chrysogona armata Mocsáry, according to du Buysson (1909).

Chrysis (Trichrysis) armata; generic combination by du Buysson (1909); Ducke (1913), Linsenmaier (1984).

Chrysis armata; Ducke (1910a,b 2, 1911a 3).

Chrysidea armata; generic combination by Bischoff (1913).

Trichrysis (Lorochrysis) armata; generic combination by Kimsey and Bohart (1981).

Chrysis (Trichrysis) aptata Linsenmaier, 1984: 212 . Holotype female (NMLU). ARGENTINA, Entre Ríos. Junior synonym of Chrysogona armata Mocsáry, according to Kimsey and Bohart (1991).

Chrysis (Trichrysis) invisa Linsenmaier, 1984: 210 . Holotype female (NMLU). ARGENTINA, Tucumán: San Pedro de Colalao. Junior synonym of Chrysogona armata Mocsáry, according to Kimsey and Bohart (1991).

Caenochrysis armata; generic combination by Kimsey and Bohart (19914); Zanella and Lucena (2014), Perioto and Lara (20185), Nether et al. (20196), Rosa et al. (2020).

Distribution. ARGENTINA, Buenos Aires: Buenos Aires, Entre Ríos, Mendoza: Pedregal, Tucumán: San Pedro de Colalao, BRAZIL, Amazonas: Barcelos 3, Tefé 3, Santo Antônio do Içá 3, Bahia, Maranhão: Caxias 2, Codó 2, Minas Gerais: Barbacena 3, Pará: Óbidos 3, Paraná: Guarapuava 6, Rio de Janeiro: Nova Friburgo, Rio Grande do Sul 1, Santa Catarina: Blumenau, São Paulo: São Sebastião 5, VENEZUELA 4.

Biome. Amazon Forest, Atlantic Forest, Cerrado.

Host. Trypoxylon (Trypoxylon) florale Richards ( Crabronidae ), according to Perioto and Lara (2018); Auplopus rufipes (Banks) ( Pompilidae ), according to Nether et al. (2019).

Caenochrysis brasiliana ( Guérin-Méneville, 1842)

Chrysis brasiliana Guérin-Méneville, 1842: 146 . Lectotype female (MSNG), designated by Rosa (2009: 222). BRAZIL, Rio de Janeiro.

Chrysis producta Brullé, 1846: 44 . Holotype female (MNHN?). BRAZIL, Minas Gerais, C.M.Aug.Saint-Hillaire.Junior synonym of Chrysis brasiliana Guérin-Méneville , according to Mocsáry (1889).

Chrysis unicolor Brullé, 1846: 42 . Holotype female (MNHN?). FRENCH GUYANA, Cayenne, C.M. Leprieur. Junior synonym of Chrysis brasiliana Guérin-Méneville , according to Kimsey and Bohart (1991).

Chrysis lunigera Dahlbom, 1854: 194 . Holotype female (ZMUC #00240255). GUYANA, Essequibo. Junior synonym of Chrysis brasiliana Guérin-Méneville , according to Kimsey and Bohart (1991).

Chrysis brullei Abeille de Perrin, 1879: 42 . Replacement name for Chrysis unicolor Brullé (junior homonym of C. unicolor Dahlbom, 1831 ).

Junior synonym of Chrysis brasiliana Guérin-Méneville , according to Kimsey and Bohart (1991).

Chrysis gibbosa Mocsáry, 1889: 334 . Holotype female (HNHM). MEXICO. Junior synonym of Chrysis brasiliana Guérin-Méneville , according to Linsenmaier (1984).

Chrysis (Trichrysis) brasiliana ; Mocsáry (18891), Bischoff (1913), Ducke (1913), Linsenmaier (19842).

Chrysis brasiliana ; Dalla Torre (1892), du Buysson (1898a 3, 1899), Brèthes (19024), Ducke (1907 a, 1911a 5).

Trichrysis (Caenochrysis) brasiliana ; generic combination by Kimsey and Bohart (1981).

Caenochrysis brasiliana ; generic combination by Kimsey and Bohart (1991); Rosa (2009).

Distribution. ARGENTINA, Buenos Aires: Buenos Aires [Villa Devoto] 4, Mendoza 4, San Juan 4, BOLIVIA 2, BRAZIL, Pará: Óbidos 5, Minas Gerais 1, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina: Blumenau 1, FRENCH GUYANA, Cayenne, GUYANA, Essequibo, MEXICO, Veracruz: Orizaba 3.

Biome. Amazon Forest, Atlantic Forest.

Caenochrysis commilita ( Linsenmaier, 1984) Chrysis (Trichrysis) commilita Linsenmaier, 1984: 220 . Holotype female (NMLU). BRAZIL, Santa Catarina: Seara [Nova Teutônia], Plaumann. Caenochrysis commilita ; generic combination by Kimsey and

Bohart (1991).

Distribution. BRAZIL, Santa Catarina: Seara [Nova Teutônia], COLOMBIA, Barranquilla. Biome. Atlantic Forest. Caenochrysis compensata ( Linsenmaier, 1984) Chrysis (Trichrysis) compensata Linsenmaier, 1984: 210 . Holotype female (NMLU). BRAZIL, Santa Catarina: Seara [Nova Teutônia], Plaumann. Caenochrysis compensata ; generic combination by Kimsey and Bohart (1991). Distribution. BRAZIL, Santa Catarina: Seara [Nova Teutônia]. Biome. Atlantic Forest.

Caenochrysis complementa ( Linsenmaier, 1984)

Chrysis (Trichrysis) complementa Linsenmaier, 1984: 213 . Holotype female ( NMLU). BRAZIL, Santa Catarina: Seara [Nova Teutônia], Plaumann.

Caenochrysis complementa ; generic combination by Kimsey and Bohart (1991).

Distribution. BRAZIL, Santa Catarina: Seara [Nova Teutônia].

Biome. Atlantic Forest.

Caenochrysis crotonis (Ducke, 1907)

( Figs. 12, 13)

Chrysis crotonis Ducke, 1907a: 10 . Syntypes. BRAZIL, Pará: Faro and Óbidos, A. Ducke .

Chrysis crotonis ; Ducke (1911a).

Chrysis (Trichrysis) crotonis ; Bischoff (1913), Ducke (1913), Linsenmaier (19841).

Trichrysis (Lorochrysis) crotonis ; generic combination by Kimsey and Bohart (1981).

Chrysis (Trichrysis) linigera Linsenmaier, 1984: 210 . Holotype female (NHMUK). PERU, Junín: Chanchamayo. Junior synonym of Chrysis crotonis Ducke , according to Kimsey and Bohart (1991).

Chrysis (Trichrysis) anguifera Linsenmaier, 1984: 215 . Holotype male (NMLU). PARAGUAY, Guairá: Villarrica.Junior synonym of Chrysis crotonis Ducke , according to Kimsey and Bohart (1991).

Caenochrysis crotonis ; generic combination by Kimsey and Bohart (19912); Rasmussen and Asenjo (20093), Rosa (2009), Marinho and Vivallo (2020a 4,b), Lucena and Almeida (20225), Deus et al. (20236).

Distribution. ARGENTINA 1, BOLIVIA, La Paz, BRAZIL, Pará: Faro,Óbidos, Paraná: Guarapuava 5,6, Rio de Janeiro: Rio de Janeiro [Jardim Botânico] 4, São Paulo: Luiz Antônio [Estação Ecológica Jataí] 5, MEXICO 2, PARAGUAY, Guairá: Villarrica, PERU, Junín: Chanchamayo 3, SURINAM 1, VENEZUELA 1.

Biome. Amazon Forest, Atlantic Forest, with records from the transition zone between Atlantic Forest and Cerrado.

Host. Auplopus cf.rufipes (Banks) ( Pompilidae ), according toMarinho and Vivallo (2020a,b); Auplopus subaurarius Dreisbach ( Pompilidae ), according to Deus et al. (2023).

Notes. The species was described based on an unknown number of syntypes (males and females) collected in Faro and Óbidos, Pará state (no dates were specified in the description). Fourteen specimens in the MPEG collection have been listed as syntypes (Nascimento, 1979), two in the MZSP ( Santos et al., 2017), one in the MNHN ( Kimsey and Bohart, 1991), and one in the NHMB ( Obrecht and Huber, 1993). The specimen in the MNHN (EY 25540) has a red lectotype indication labeled by P. Rosa. However, the lectotype designation was never published.

Caenochrysis denticlypeata ( Linsenmaier, 1984)

Chrysis (Trichrysis) denticlypeata Linsenmaier, 1984: 220 . Holotype female ( NMLU). BRAZIL, Santa Catarina: Seara [Nova Teutônia],Plaumann.

Caenochrysis denticlypeata ; generic combination by Kimsey and Bohart (1991).

Distribution. BRAZIL, Santa Catarina: Seara [Nova Teutônia].

Biome. Atlantic Forest.

Caenochrysis hyalifoveolata ( Linsenmaier, 1984) Chrysis (Trichrysis) hyalifoveolata Linsenmaier, 1984: 215 . Holotype female (NMLU).BRAZIL, Santa Catarina: Seara [Nova Teutônia],Plaumann. Caenochrysis hyalifoveolata ; generic combination by Kimsey and Bohart (1991). Distribution. BRAZIL, Santa Catarina: Seara [Nova Teutônia], PARAGUAY, Guairá: Villarrica. Biome. Atlantic Forest.

Caenochrysis imminenta ( Linsenmaier, 1984) Chrysis (Trichrysis) imminenta Linsenmaier, 1984: 223 . Holotype female (NMLU).BRAZIL, Santa Catarina: Seara [Nova Teutônia], Plaumann. Caenochrysis imminenta ; generic combination by Kimsey and Bohart (1991); Rasmussen and Asenjo (2009). Distribution. BRAZIL, Santa Catarina: Seara [Nova Teutônia], PERU. Biome. Atlantic Forest.

Caenochrysis immixta ( Linsenmaier, 1984)

Chrysis (Trichrysis) immixta Linsenmaier, 1984: 211 . Holotype male ( NMLU). BRAZIL: Bahia, Itaeté [Iguaçu].

Caenochrysis immixta ; generic combination by Kimsey and Bohart (1991); Zanella and Lucena (2014).

Distribution. BRAZIL, Bahia: Itaeté [Iguaçu].

Biome. Caatinga.

Notes. The type material was likely collected by Roman during his collecting trip in Brazil (see Alfken, 1930) .

Caenochrysis mathani (Ducke, 1907)

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Chrysis mutica Ducke, 1907a:12 . Lectotype female (MPEG #11061988), designated by Bohart (in Kimsey and Bohart, 1991: 303). BRAZIL, Pará: Óbidos, 21.xii.1904, A. Ducke.

Chrysis mathani Ducke, 1913: 30 . Replacement name for Chrysis mutica Ducke (junior homonym of C. mutica Förster, 1853 ).

Chrysis (Trichrysis) mathani ; Ducke (1913), Linsenmaier (1984).

Chrysidea (Chrysogona) boliviana Mocsáry, 1914: 13 . Holotype female (HNHM). BOLIVIA, La Paz: Mapiri. Junior synonym of Chrysis mutica Ducke , according to Kimsey and Bohart (1991).

Trichrysis (Caenochrysis) mathani ; generic combination by Kimsey and Bohart (1981).

Caenochrysis mathani ; generic combination by Kimsey and Bohart (19911); Rasmussen and Asenjo (2009).

Distribution. BOLIVIA, La Paz: Mapiri, BRAZIL, Amazonas: Tefé, Pará: Óbidos, COLOMBIA 1, ECUADOR 1, PERU 1.

Biome. Amazon Forest.

Notes. The species was described based on two females. One was collected in Óbidos, Pará state, on December 21 st, 1904; and another in Tefé, Amazonas state, on November 7 th, 1904. R.M. Bohart (in Kimsey and Bohart, 1991: 303) designated the female from Óbidos as the lectotype. Bohart erroneously cited “ Amazonas state ” to refers to the type locality and mentioned the MZSP as the repository. The correct depository for the lectotype is the MPEG (Nascimento, 1979). The whereabouts of the paralectotype collected in Tefé , Amazonas state are unknown .

Caenochrysis nigropolita ( Bischoff, 1910)

Trichrysis nigropolita Bischoff, 1910: 458. Holotype female ( MFN). ECUADOR, Palmar.

Chrysis (Trichrysis) nigropolita; Bischoff (1913), Linsenmaier (1984).

Trichrysis ( Caenochrysis ) nigropolita; Kimsey and Bohart (1981).

Chrysis (Trichrysis) mucronata meridionalis Linsenmaier, 1984: 210 . Holotype female (NMLU). BRAZIL, Santa Catarina: Seara [Nova Teutônia], Plaumann.Junior synonym of Trichrysis nigropolita Bischoff, according to Kimsey and Bohart (1991).

Caenochrysis nigropolita; generic combination by Kimsey and Bohart (19911); Cosme et al. (20192), Lucena et al. (20193), Nether et al. (20194), Rocha-Filho et al. (20195, 20206), Lucena and Almeida (20227).

Distribution. ARGENTINA 1, BRAZIL, Bahia: Jequié 3, Mato Grosso: Barra do Garças 7, Minas Gerais: Araguari 7, Uberlândia 4, Pará: Belém 3, Paraíba: Santa Teresinha 3, Paraná: General Carneiro 3, Guarapuava 4, Pernambuco: Brejão 2, Rio Grande do Norte: Serra Negra do Norte [ESEC Seridó] 3, Santa Catarina: Seara [Nova Teutônia], São Paulo: Luiz Antônio [Estação Ecológica Jataí] 3, Ribeirão Preto 6, ECUADOR, Santa Helena: Palmar, MEXICO 1.

Biome. Amazon Forest, Atlantic Forest, Caatinga, Cerrado, with records from the transition zones among Atlantic Forest, Caatinga, and Cerrado.

Host. Trypoxylon lactitarse Saussure and T. nitidum Smith ( Crabronidae ), according to Rocha-Filho et al. (2019, 2020); T. opacum Brèthes ( Crabronidae ), according to Nether et al. (2019).

Caenochrysis paraca ( Linsenmaier, 1984)

Chrysis (Trichrysis) paraca Linsenmaier, 1984: 211 . Holotype female ( NMLU). BRAZIL, Pará : Belém.

Caenochrysis paraca ; generic combination by Kimsey and Bohart (1991).

Distribution. BRAZIL, Pará: Belém.

Biome. Amazon Forest.

Notes. Linsenmaier (1984: 211) states that this taxon was based on a specimen identified by Ducke as Chrysis saussurei Mocsáry.Probably, the specimen was collected in Belém, Pará state, and withdrawn from some European collection.

Caenochrysis paranaca ( Linsenmaier, 1984)

Chrysis (Trichrysis) paranaca Linsenmaier, 1984: 206 . Holotype female ( NMLU). BRAZIL, Paraná.

Caenochrysis paranaca ; generic combination by Kimsey and Bohart (19911); Menezes et al. (20172).

Distribution. BOLIVIA 1, BRAZIL, Paraná, São Paulo: Ribeirão Preto 2, VENEZUELA 1.

Biome. Transition zone between Atlantic Forest and Cerrado.

Caenochrysis parvula ( Fabricius, 1804)

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Chrysis parvula Fabricius, 1804: 176 . Holotype female ( ZMUC #00241222 ). GUYANA, Essequibo , Smidt.

Chrysis truncatella Dahlbom, 1854: 195 . Holotype female (MRSN). BRAZIL. Junior synonym of Chrysis parvula Fabricius , according to Kimsey and Bohart (1991).

Chrysis parvula ; Dahlbom (1854), Aaron (1885, partim, synonymy with C. mucronata ), Dalla Torre (1892).

Chrysis (Trichrysis) parvula ; Mocsáry (1889,partim, synonymy with C.tridens ), Bischoff (1910, partim, synonymy with C.truncatella , 1913), Ducke (19131, partim, synonymy with C. truncatella ), Linsenmaier (1984).

Chrysis (Trichrysis) aliena Mocsáry, 1889: 332 . Holotype female (HNHM). BRAZIL, Santa Catarina: Blumenau. Junior synonym of Chrysis parvula Fabricius , according to Kimsey and Bohart (1991).

Chrysis (Trichrysis) ritsemae Mocsáry, 1889: 338 . Holotype female (NBCL). SURINAM.Junior synonym of Chrysis parvula Fabricius , according to Kimsey and Bohart (1991).

Trichrysis ritsemae var.barticensis Bischoff,1910:458 . Syntypes (males and females) (MFN). GUYANA, Cuyuni-Mazaruni:Bartica.Junior synonym of Chrysis parvula Fabricius , according to Kimsey and Bohart (1991).

Chrysis (Holochrysis) reticulata Mocsáry, 1911: 470 . Holotype female (HNHM). BRAZIL, Santa Catarina. Junior synonym of Chrysis parvula Fabricius , according to Kimsey and Bohart (1991).

Chrysidea (Chrysogona) peruensis Mocsáry, 1914: 14. Holotype female (HNHM). PERU, Cusco: Vilcanota. Junior synonym of Chrysis parvula Fabricius , according to Kimsey and Bohart (1991).

Trichrysis (Caenochrysis) parvula ; generic combination by Kimsey and Bohart (1981).

Chrysis (Trichrysis) chrysofacialis Linsenmaier, 1984: 221 . Holotype female (NMLU). BRAZIL, Maranhão: São Luís, A. Ducke. Junior synonym of Chrysis parvula Fabricius , according to Kimsey and Bohart (1991).

Chrysis (Trichrysis) scyphiphora Linsenmaier, 1984: 223 . Holotype female (NMLU). BRAZIL, Santa Catarina: Seara [Nova Teutônia], Plaumann. Junior synonym of Chrysis parvula Fabricius , according to Kimsey and Bohart (1991).

Chrysis (Trichrysis) turmalina Linsenmaier, 1984: 221 . Holotype female (NMLU). BRAZIL, Bahia. Junior synonym of Chrysis parvula Fabricius , according to Kimsey and Bohart (1991).

Caenochrysis parvula ; generic combination by Kimsey and Bohart (19912); Rasmussen and Asenjo (20093), Rosa (2009), Zanella and Lucena (2014), Rosa and Xu (2015), Lucena and Melo (2018), Nether et al. (20194), Rocha-Filho et al. (20205), Lucena and Almeida (20226).

Distribution. ARGENTINA, Buenos Aires: Buenos Aires [Villa Devoto], Mendoza, Salta: San Ramón de la Nueva Orán, BRAZIL, Amazonas: Tefé 1, Rio Japurá 1, Bahia: Jequié 4, Ceará: Baturité 1, Caridade 1, Maranhão: São Luís, Pará: Belém 1, Óbidos 1, Rio Arraiolos 1, Rio Trombetas 1, São Francisco do Pará [Vila de Jambu-Açu] 1, Paraná: General Carneiro 6, Guarapuava 4, Rio Grande do Sul, São Paulo: Itatiba 6, Ribeirão Preto 5, Santa Catarina: Blumenau 1, COLOMBIA, Distrito Capital: Bogotá 1, COSTA RICA 2, GUYANA, Cuyuni-Mazaruni: Bartica, PARAGUAY, Distrito Capital: Asunción [Villa Morra], PERU, Ucayali: Cordillera Azul 3, Cusco: Vilcanota, SURINAM, VENEZUELA.

Biome. Amazon Forest, Atlantic Forest, Caatinga, Cerrado, with records from the transition zones among Atlantic Forest, Caatinga, and Cerrado.

Host. Trypoxylon opacum Brèthes ( Crabronidae ), according to Nether et al. (2019); Trypoxylon nitidum Smith ( Crabronidae ), according to Rocha-Filho et al. (2020).

Caenochrysis plaumanni ( Linsenmaier, 1984) Chrysis (Trichrysis) plaumanni Linsenmaier, 1984: 216 . Holotype female (NMLU).BRAZIL, Santa Catarina: Seara [Nova Teutônia], Plaumann. Caenochrysis plaumanni ; generic combination by Kimsey and Bohart (1991). Distribution. BRAZIL, Santa Catarina: Seara [Nova Teutônia]. Biome. Atlantic Forest.

Caenochrysis quadriramosa ( Mocsáry, 1911) Chrysogona quadriramosa Mocsáry, 1911: 464. Holotype female

(HNHM). PERU, Cusco: Vilcanota. Chrysidea quadriramosa; generic combination by Bischoff (1913). Trichrysis (Lorochrysis) quadriramosa; generic combination by

Kimsey and Bohart (1981). Chrysis (Trichrysis) quadriramosa; generic combination by

Linsenmaier (19841).

Caenochrysis quadriramosa; generic combination by Kimsey and Bohart (19912); Rasmussen and Asenjo (2009).

Distribution. ARGENTINA 2, BRAZIL, Mato Grosso 1, COLOMBIA 1, PERU, Cusco: Vilcanota.

Caenochrysis saussurei ( Mocsáry, 1889)

Chrysogona saussurei Mocsáry, 1889: 187. Lectotype female (MNH), designated by Bohart (in Kimsey and Bohart, 1991: 304). MEXICO, Veracruz: Cordoba.

Chrysogona saussurei; Dalla Torre (1892), Ducke (1907a 1), du Buysson (19092), Bischoff (1910).

Chrysidea saussurei; generic combination by Bischoff (1913).

Chrysis (Trichrysis) saussurei; Ducke (1911a, 1913,partim, synonymy with C. armata), Linsenmaier (1984).

Trichrysis (Lorochrysis) saussurei; generic combination byKimsey and Bohart (1981).

Chrysis (Trichrysis) pseudaptata Linsenmaier, 1984: 213 . Holotype male (NMLU). ARGENTINA, Santiago del Estero: Rio Salado, November 1979, C.and U. Vardy.Junior synonym of Chrysogona saussurei Mocsáry, according to Kimsey and Bohart (1991).

Chrysis (Trichrysis) richardsi Linsenmaier, 1984: 215 . Holotype female (NHMUK). BRAZIL, Mato Grosso: Ribeirão Cascalheira [“base camp”], O.W. Richards. Junior synonym of Chrysogona saussurei Mocsáry, according to Kimsey and Bohart (1991).

Caenochrysis saussurei; generic combination by Kimsey and Bohart (1991).

Distribution. ARGENTINA, Mendoza: Pedregal 2, Santiago del Estero [Rio Salado], BRAZIL, Pará: Óbidos 1, Mato Grosso: Ribeirão Cascalheira [“base camp”], MEXICO, Veracruz: Cordoba.

Biome. Amazon Forest, with records from transition zone between Amazon Forest and Cerrado.

Notes. The type specimen of Chrysis (Trichrysis) richardsi Linsenmaier from Mato Grosso was collected by O.W. Richards during the Royal Geographical Society Expedition (1967-1969). The specimen origin is likely what was named the “base camp” (coordinates 12°49’S 51°46’W, Ribeirão Cascalheira municipality, see Richards, 1978: 31) .

Caenochrysis sericalineata ( Linsenmaier, 1984) Chrysis (Trichrysis) sericalineata Linsenmaier, 1984: 213 . Holotype female (NMLU).BRAZIL, Santa Catarina: Seara [Nova Teutônia], Plaumann. Caenochrysis sericalineata ; generic combination by Kimsey and Bohart (1991). Distribution. BRAZIL, Santa Catarina: Seara [Nova Teutônia]. Biome. Atlantic Forest.

Caenochrysis silvestrii (Ducke, 1904) Chrysogona silvestrii Ducke,1904a: 32. Holotype female (by monotypy).

BRAZIL,Pará:Rio Arraiolos, 18.iv.1903, A. Ducke ( MPEG #HHY11061989). Chrysis silvestrii; generic combination by Ducke (1907a 1, 1911a). Chrysis (Trichrysis) silvestrii; Ducke (1913), Linsenmaier (19842). Chrysidea silvestrii; generic combination by Bischoff (1913). Caenochrysis silvestrii; generic combination by Kimsey and Bohart

(19913); Rasmussen and Asenjo (2009). Distribution. BRAZIL, Amazonas: Rio Japurá 1, Pará: Faro 1, [Rio

Arraiolos], Santarém [Vila Franca] 1, PERU, Coronel Portillo: Iparía 2,

VENEZUELA 3. Biome. Amazon Forest.

Caenochrysis striatidorsa ( Linsenmaier, 1984) Chrysis (Trichrysis) striatidorsa Linsenmaier, 1984: 206 . Holotype female ( NMLU). BRAZIL, Santa Catarina: Seara [Nova Teutônia], Plaumann. Caenochrysis striatidorsa ; generic combination by Kimsey and Bohart (19911).