Boffachrysis Pagliano & Scaramozzino, 1990

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Boffachrysis Pagliano & Scaramozzino, 1990

Brethesia Linsenmaier, 1985: 461 (as subgenus of Neochrysis Linsenmaier, 1959 ). Type species. Chrysis ameghinoi Brèthes, 1903 , by original designation, nom. praeocc., nec Schrottky, 1909 ( Hymenoptera , Pompilidae ). Objectively invalid name.

Brethesiella Linsenmaier, 1987: 144 (as subgenus of Neochrysis Linsenmaier, 1959 ). Type species. Chrysis ameghinoi Brèthes, 1903 , by automatic designation. Replacement name for Brethesia Linsenmaier, 1985 , nec Schrottky, 1909, nom. praeocc., nec Brethesiella Porter, 1920 , nec Timberlake, 1920 ( Hymenoptera , Encyrtinae). Objectively invalid name.

Boffachrysis Pagliano & Scaramozzino, 1990: 4 . Type species. Chrysis ameghinoi Brèthes, 1903 , by automatic designation. Replacement name for Brethesiella Linsenmaier, 1987 , nom. praeocc., nec Brethesiella Porter, 1920 , nec Timberlake, 1920.

For all the other species previously included in Pleurochrysis by Kimsey & Bohart (1991), the first available name to be used is Boffachrysis Pagliano & Scaramozzino, 1990 . This is a relatively heterogeneous taxon, characterized by a lack of derived characteristics and has to be re-evaluated, starting from the type species Chrysis ameghinoi , possibly with molecular analyses, for a better placement of all species and a better understanding of their phylogenetic relationships. Brazilian species included in Boffachrysis Pagliano & Scaramozzino, 1990 are: B. acuta ( Brèthes, 1906) comb. nov., B. ancilla ( du Buysson, 1898) comb. nov., B. cavifrons ( Brullé, 1846) comb. nov., B. charruana ( Brèthes, 1903) comb. nov., B. dolosa ( du Buysson, 1898) comb. nov., B. fasciifera ( Bischoff, 1910) comb. nov., B. imbecilla ( Mocsáry, 1889) comb. nov., B. jenseni ( du Buysson, 1906) comb. nov., B. lagopus ( du Buysson, 1891) comb. nov., B. leucophris ( Mocsáry, 1889) comb. nov., B. morosa ( du Buysson, 1901) comb. nov., B. postica ( Brullé, 1846) comb. nov., B. simulator ( Kimsey, 1985) comb. nov., and B. ypirangensis ( du Buysson, 1904) comb. nov.