Neochrysis transstriata Linsenmaier, 1985

Rosa, Paolo & Brothers, Denis J., 2025, Nomenclatural and taxonomic updates on the Brazilian cuckoo-wasp catalogue (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae), Zootaxa 5642 (6), pp. 501-541 : 531

Neochrysis transstriata Linsenmaier, 1985 stat. resurr.

( Figs 19A–D )

Neochrysis (Neochrysis) transstriata Linsenmaier, 1985: 454 . Surinam: Paramaribo, Schneble (NMLU, examined). Synonym of Neochrysis tysis Kimsey, 1985 according to Kimsey & Bohart (1991: 517); Lucena et al. (2024: 48). Reinstated by Linsenmaier (1997: 265).

Neochrysis transstriata : present paper, stat. resurr. .

Material examined. Holotype ♀: Surinam Paramaribo leg. P.B. Schneble / I.56 Coll. Lins. / 385 / Neochrysis transstriata Lins. det. Linsenmaier 1985 / NML_ENT GBIF_Chr0013403 ( NMLU).

Neochrysis transstriata was synonymized with N. tysis by Kimsey & Bohart (1991); however, it is distinct from N. tysis by having: F2 longer than F3; mesopleuron strongly angulated with ventral margin of mesopleuron strongly projecting as a sharp carina, which appears lobed ( Fig. 19B ); third metasomal tergum fully metallic ( Fig. 19C ); black spots on second sternum very small, comma-like, broadly separated medially ( Fig. 19D ), whereas N. tysis has: F2 equal to F3; mesopleuron relatively rounded ventrally, carina without teeth or lobes; third metasomal tergum with large whitish basolateral spot; black spots on second sternum large and ovoid, barely separated medially. We therefore consider Neochrysis transstriata Linsenmaier, 1985 stat. resurr. a valid species.

Figures

FIGURE 19. Neochrysis transstriata Linsenmaier, 1985, holotype, ♀. A. Habitus, dorsal view; B. Mesosoma, lateral view; C. Habitus, postero-lateral view; D. Metasoma, ventral view.