Chrysis chiriquensis Bischoff, 1910

Rosa, Paolo & Brothers, Denis J., 2025, Nomenclatural and taxonomic updates on the Brazilian cuckoo-wasp catalogue (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae), Zootaxa 5642 (6), pp. 501-541 : 512

Chrysis chiriquensis Bischoff, 1910 stat. resurr.

( Figs 6A–C )

Chrysis (Tetrachrysis) chiriquensis Bischoff, 1910: 461 . Holotype ♀; Panama: Chiriqui (ZMB, examined). Synonym of Chrysis propinqua Mocsáry, 1889 according to Kimsey & Bohart (1991: 451); Lucena et al. (2024: 24).

Chrysis chiriquensis Bischoff, 1910 : present paper: stat. resurr.

Material examined. Holotype of Chrysis chiriquensis , ♀: Chiriqui Ribbe / 21387 / Chr. chiriquensis Bisch. / Type ( ZMB). Lectotype of Chrysis propinqua , ♀: Blumenau Brasil. 1885.I Hetschko. / propinqua Type det. Mocsáry / C. nisseri sec. Gen. Ins. / type / Lectotype Chrysis propinqua Mocsáry, 1889 ♀ des. by Bohart 1982 <label by P. Rosa> ( NHMW).

Chrysis chiriquensis Bischoff, 1910 was synonymized by Kimsey & Bohart (1991) with Chr. propinqua Mocsáry, 1889 . However, Chr. chiriquensis has long, acute apical teeth with the median ones more spiniform than the lateral ones ( Fig. 6A ); the metasomal punctation at the sides of the second tergum is sparser with larger punctures and wide, polished interspaces with scattered, shallow, small punctures ( Fig. 6B ); the black spots on the second sternum are transversally suboval, only partially in contact medially ( Fig. 6C ), wheras in Chr. propinqua the apical teeth are short, stout, with the median teeth similar to the lateral ones ( Fig. 6D ); the metasomal punctation at the sides of the second tergum is denser, with smaller punctures ( Fig. 6E ); the black spots on the second sternum are subtriangular and largely fused medially ( Fig. 6F ). Based on these diagnostic characters, we consider Chrysis chiriquensis Bischoff, 1910 stat. resurr. a valid species.

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FIGURE 6. A–C. Chrysis chiriquensis Bischoff, 1910, holotype, ♀; D–F. Chrysis propinqua Mocsáry, 1889, lectotype, ♀; A, D. Third tergum, dorsal view; B, E. Metasoma, lateral view; C, F. Second sternum, ventral view.