Chrysis anceps Gribodo, 1879

Rosa, Paolo & Brothers, Denis J., 2025, Nomenclatural and taxonomic updates on the Brazilian cuckoo-wasp catalogue (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae), Zootaxa 5642 (6), pp. 501-541 : 510

Chrysis anceps Gribodo, 1879 stat. resurr.

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Chrysis anceps Gribodo, 1879: 327 . Lectotype ♀ designated by Bohart in Kimsey & Bohart (1991: 425); Brazil (UZM) (paralectotype examined at RBINS). Synonym of Chrysis intricata Brullé, 1846 according to Bohart (1962: 368); Lucena et al. (2024: 24).

Chrysis anceps Gribodo, 1879 : present paper: stat. resurr.

Chrysis aperta du Buysson, 1898: 559 . Holotype ♂; Mexico: Vera Cruz (MNHN) (examined). Syn. nov.

Chrysis (Hexachrysis) hexodontophora Bischoff, 1910: 491 . Holotype ♀; Paraguay (ZMB) (examined). Syn. nov.

Material examined. Paralectotype of Chrysis anceps , ♀: 2120 / Chrysis anceps Grib. Typus <handwritten by Gribodo> / Determ. 1889 du Buysson / Hexachrysis anceps Grib. = smidti Dahlb. ? S. Zimmermann det. [this specimen is badly preserved; it lacks head, legs and metasoma ventrally and internal parts due to a dermestid attack] ( RBINS) ; Paralectotype of Chrysis anceps , ♀: M. Co.1888. 13. / Chrysis 6-dentata? F. ♀ / Kolumbien 1888 Type Le. W. / Chrysis anceps Grib. Typus <handwritten by Gribodo> / Chrysis (Hexachr.) Smidti Dhlb. / Chrysis smidti Dahlb. ♀ A. Mocsary det. / typus ( ZSM) . Holotype of Chrysis aperta , ♂: Vera Cruz / Museum Paris Vera Cruz Coll. O. Sichel 1867 / Chrysis aperta Buyss. type R. du Buysson det. 1898 / TYPE ( MNHN) . Holotype of Chrysis hexodontophora , ♀: Paraguay 19.I.–Fiebrig S.V. / Hexachrysis hexodontophora Bisch. <handwritten by Bischoff> / Type / Zoo. Mus. Berlin ( ZMB).

This is considered a valid species, see comments on Chrysis intricata Brullé, 1846 . Ducke identified specimens of Chrysis anceps deposited at European museums as Chr. smidti (see below).

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FIGURE 4. Metasoma, dorsal view. A. Chrysis anceps Gribodo, 1879, paralectotype, ♂; B. Chrysis cognata Gribodo, 1879, holotype, ♀. Scale bars 1.0 mm.