taxonID	type	description	language	source
03B9879FFF81286DFDF0FF26FDB8C0FA.taxon	description	(Figs 1 A – 1 F)	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF81286DFDF0FF26FDB8C0FA.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined Holotype female, India CIBC – SS Palghat [= Palakkad, Kerala] March, 1974 / C. I. B. C. – I. S. Bangalore – 6 / Ex-larva feeding on Tamarind pod / C. I. E. COLL. A. 7165 / 35 / ♀ Chrysis sp. (Tetrachrysis) [NHMUK]. Paratype: 1 ♀, INDIA: Kerala, Kozhikode, Peruvannamuzhi, 11.595 ° N, 75.822 ° E, 8 November 2021, CCSERLC 168, leg. P. G. Aswathi [SERL].	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF81286DFDF0FF26FDB8C0FA.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Chrysis parviocula sp. n. (Figure 1) belongs to the amneris group based on the long malar space (3.0 × MOD), absence of transverse frontal carina (Figure 1 B), clypeus incised apico-medially and fore wing medial cell closed by pale veins (Figure 1 D). Chrysis parviocula sp. n. can be immediately separated from the other four species in this group based on the colour pattern, with distinctive red to golden highlights on marginal areas of mesoscutum, scutellum, and postero-lateral margin of metasomal terga (vs entirely green in the other species); small and round compound eye (Figure 1 A, B) (vs large and ovoid); genal carina short and faintly produced (Figure 1 A) (vs sharp and fully developed below eye to mandible); gena highly expanded, as wide as 2.75 × MOD (Figure 1 A) (vs around 1 × MOD); metasoma double punctate laterally, with small punctures inserted among larger ones (Figure 1 E) (vs evenly punctate, with polished interspaces among punctures); T 3 apical teeth shortened, broad and mostly angulate, in particular lateral ones (Figure 1 F) (vs elongate and spiny).	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF81286DFDF0FF26FDB8C0FA.taxon	description	Description Holotype. Female. Body length 5.5 mm. Fore wing length 3.0 mm. Head. Brow wide, without transverse frontal carina, punctures deep, contiguous and large (up to 0.6 × MOD), becoming shorter and sparser on vertex and ocellar area; distance between anterior ocellus and upper limit of scapal basin 3 × MOD; punctures on brow deep; punctures between eye and scapal basin until malar space contiguous and similar to those on brow; scapal basin polished, with scattered small punctures laterally and medially; clypeus incised apico-medially, with scattered punctation marginally, polished medially; subantennal space shorter than 1.4 × MOD. OOL 1.1 × MOD; POL 1.9 × MOD; MS 3.0 × MOD; relative length of P: F 1: F 2: F 3 = 1.0: 1.7: 1.1: 0.9. Mesosoma. Medial pronotal line [= pronotal groove] narrow, deep, almost reaching posterior margin; pronotum with small to medium-sized punctures dorsally (0.2 – 0.4 × MOD), with irregularly shaped sculpture, punctures becoming larger and denser laterally; intervals medially slightly rugose, laterally polished with small punctures; mesoscutum densely sculptured, with slightly corrugated intervals, largest punctures occupying most of the medial and lateral bands, becoming shorter and sparser submedially, double punctate marginally, with small dots on interspaces; notauli composed by large, deep, subrectangular foveae larger at base; parapsidal signum [= parapsidal line] discrete; punctures on mesoscutellum sparse medially with slightly rugose intervals; metanotum with distinctive antero-median fovea; punctures large and contiguous; posterior propodeal projections [= propodeal teeth] divergent, straight posteriorly; mesopleuron double punctate, punctures on mesepisternum larger and sparser than on mesepimeron. Fore wing with Rs vein long, reaching the distal margin of the wing; outer veins of medial cell lighter. Metasoma. Double punctate on all terga; interspaces weakly rugose dorsally on T 1 and T 2, polished laterally on T 1 and T 2; T 2 dorsally with large, even punctures, becoming double laterally; T 3 pit row with 10 relatively small, deep and longitudinally elongate pits (Figure 1 F); apical margin of T 3 with four short teeth, median two acute, lateral teeth obtuse. Metasomal segments without median longitudinal carina. Colouration. Body green to blue with golden to red highlights and bands on clypeus, lateral areas of mesoscutum, scutellum and latero-apical margin of metasomal segments; dark blue to black spots on ocelli area, median area of mesoscutum, second and third tergum dorsally. Scape, pedicel and first flagellomere basally greenish, other flagellomeres dark brown. Wings dusky-hyaline, with light brownish veins; outer veins of medial cell particularly lighter. Male. Unknown.	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF81286DFDF0FF26FDB8C0FA.taxon	distribution	Distribution India.	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF81286DFDF0FF26FDB8C0FA.taxon	etymology	Etymology The specific epithet parviocula (feminine noun) derives from the Latin adjective parvus (small) and the Latin noun oculus (eye) and refers to the small compound eyes of this species.	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF81286DFDF0FF26FDB8C0FA.taxon	discussion	Remarks The amneris species group is a small group including rare species. Currently, only four are known in the Palaearctic region, from the Middle East to Central Asia, and C. parviocula sp. n. represents the first known species from the Oriental region. The group includes: Chrysis amneris Balthasar, 1953 (syn.: C. clypeata Balthasar, 1953 nec Mocsáry, 1889), C. arnoldina Bohart in Kimsey and Bohart [1990] 1991 (repl. name for C. arnoldii Semenov-Tian-Shanskij, 1967 nec Brauns, 1928), C. asperifacies Linsenmaier, 1999; C. galathea Semenov-Tian-Shanskij, 1967, and C. parviocula sp. n. Kimsey and Bohart ([1990] 1991) listed Chrysis arnoldii Semenov-Tian-Shanskij both as a valid species (p. 385, with the replacement name C. arnoldina Bohart) and as a synonym of Chrysis amneris Balthasar, 1953 (p. 381). Rosa et al. (2017 a) considered the synonymy of Chrysis arnoldii with Chrysis amneris doubtful. After examination of the types of Chrysis amneris Balthasar, 1953 (deposited at the Natural History Museum in Prague), I confirm that Chrysis arnoldina and Chrysis amneris represent two different taxa. The female of the former can be distinguished based on a large black spot on S 2, which is almost double in size compared to that of the female of C. amneris; the mesopleuron has complete and deep episternal and scrobal sulcus, formed by distinct and aligned foveae, whereas in C. amneris sulci are narrow and the episternal sulcus is formed by shallow punctures, similar to the punctation of the mesopleuron; the metapleuron is similar to equilateral angle, whereas it is isosceles in C. amneris.	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF86286EFDFEFF50FDCDC252.taxon	description	(Figs 2 A – 2 F)	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF86286EFDFEFF50FDCDC252.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined Holotype male: Kurnool Dt., Kodumur, 8 Aug. - 5 Sept [19] 14 Y. R. Coll. (NHMUK).	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF86286EFDFEFF50FDCDC252.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Elampus bicolor sp. n. can be readily separated from other Elampus species of the Old World based on the unusual body colour pattern with flame red head, pronotum, mesoscutum and metasoma, making a striking contrast with the dark blue colour of the rest of the mesosoma. Elampus bicolor sp. n. is separated from all the species with red parts on the mesosoma (see Remarks) by the following morphological characters: subrectangular metanotal projection; spiny posterior propodeal projections; T 3 apical process relatively broad and circular, with ventral border slightly incised medially; lateral margin of the third tergum before the apical truncation straight. The combination of body colour pattern and morphological characters makes Elampus bicolor sp. n. one of the most iconic and recognisable species of this genus.	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF86286EFDFEFF50FDCDC252.taxon	description	Description Holotype, male. Body length 5.3 mm. Fore wing length 3.2 mm. Head. Punctures on vertex and brow sparse, with medium-sized (up to 0.5 × MOD) punctures, and wide polished interspaces, with broad impunctate area lateral to posterior ocelli; scapal basin smooth and polished, with scattered small punctures laterally, and fine, dense dots between torulus and lower margin of scapal basin (Figure 2 B); subantennal space shorter than 1.0 × MOD; apical margin of clypeus slightly convex medially; setae of genal fringe sparse, whitish, decreasing in length from temple to malar space; genal carina discrete; post-ocellar line faint. OOL 2.3 × MOD; POL 3.0 × MOD; MS 0.1 × MOD. Antennae missing, only the left scape remains. Mesosoma. Pronotum elongate, as long as mesoscutum, with a slight transverse antero-median depression (Figure 2 C); punctures shallow and sparse dorsally, denser, becoming larger and deeper laterally, with polished interspaces; lateral pronotal depression faintly striate; mesoscutum similarly sculptured, with sparse, small and shallow punctures; larger punctures on central area basally and between parapsidal line and tegula; notauli deep, as fine lines; parapsidal line deep, ending before the anterior margin of the segment; mesoscutellum with an antero-median polished area; punctures larger, deeper and denser than on mesoscutum; metanotal projection large and elongate, subrectangular (Figure 2 D), with curved angles; posterior propodeal projections spiny, divergent; mesopleuron ventrally angulated and carinate with large, contiguous foveate punctures (Figure 7 A); profemur unmodified, not angled or carinate. Wings hyaline, light brown veins. Metasoma. Punctures on T 1 even, small and sparse, with wide polished areas; denser on T 2; apical margin of T 2 non-metallic and impunctate; punctures on T 3 deeper and larger laterally; apical snout-like projection discretely extended, with lateral margin straight and non-metallic brown (Figure 2 A); apical truncation circular, only slightly incised ventrally (Figure 2 F). Colouration. Dorsum of head, pronotum, mesoscutum and metasoma with distinctly red; lower face, clypeus, pronotal collar and lateral pronotal depression with green to light blue reflections; remaining mesosoma blue, mesoscutellum medially and metanotal projection largely black; metasomal sterna greenish. Scape green; mandible largely non-metallic light-brown, brown distally. Legs mostly green with light brown tarsi; tegula light brown. Vestiture. Body with whitish, short setae, about 1.0 × MOD long. Female. Unknown.	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF86286EFDFEFF50FDCDC252.taxon	distribution	Distribution India (Andhra Pradesh).	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF86286EFDFEFF50FDCDC252.taxon	etymology	Etymology The specific name bicolor (adjective) is related to the unique colouration of this species, with contrasting red and blue on mesosoma.	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF86286EFDFEFF50FDCDC252.taxon	discussion	Remarks Elampus species are usually entirely green to blue, or green to blue on head and mesosoma and red to golden on metasoma. Only four species known so far have mesosoma fully or partially red: Elampus pyrosomus (Förster, 1853); E. turcmenicus (Linsenmaier, 1968); E. rufirostris (Linsenmaier, 1999), whose mesosoma is entirely red, in some specimens with greenishgolden colouration; and E. coloratus Rosa, 2017, known from Russia and Mongolia, whose male has red face, head dorsally and mesosoma green with extensive golden-red colour (probably red on living specimens) on pronotum, mesonotum, metanotum, mesopleuron and legs. Elampus bicolor sp. n. can be differentiated by these species based on the diagnostic characters mentioned in the diagnosis.	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF842860FE23FBA8FD2FC0FD.taxon	description	(Figures 3 A – D, 4 A – 4 D)	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF842860FE23FBA8FD2FC0FD.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined INDIA: 1 J, Holotype of Chrysis quaerita Nurse: Deesa, 9.01 / J / Type, Col. C. G. Nurse Collection 1920 – 72 / BMNH (E) # 970924 [NHMUK]; 1 ♀, Holotype of Chrysis dissimilis Dahlbom: C. dissimilis Dahlb. Bengal / May 1808 / Mus. Westerm. ZMUC 00240117 [ZMUC]; 1 J, 1 ♀: ICRISAT India 23.3.82 DJ Coll. No 734 / C. I. E. COLL. A. 13913 / hyperparasite on Delta conoideus predator on H. armigera pigeon pea / Chrysis quaerita Nurse Det. D. Morgan 1982 [NHMUK].	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF842860FE23FBA8FD2FC0FD.taxon	distribution	Distribution India (Bengal, Gujarat). ICRISAT is the acronym for International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics and currently is located in two localities in India: New Delhi and Hyderabad. Based on the label I cannot determine the collection locality of the specimens deposited at NHMUK.	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF842860FE23FBA8FD2FC0FD.taxon	discussion	Remarks Chrysis dissimilis was described from a single female and was considered a member of the elegans species group by Kimsey and Bohart ([1990] 1991). This interpretation was later followed by Rosa et al. (2017 c, 2021 a), who examined the holotype at distance via photographs. After the examination of both sexes of Chrysis dissimilis Dahlbom, reared together and deposited at NHMUK, I transfer this species to the scutellaris group. Chrysis dissimilis belongs to the scutellaris group for its general habitus and body colour pattern, with golden to red scutellum and metascutellum; for the simple apical margin of T 3 not down-curved and with four obtuse apical teeth; for the scapal basin fully micro-punctate; and for the temples, in dorsal view, which are simple, not distinctly enlarged. Species of the elegans group normally have T 3 apically down-curved, without four apical teeth or undulations; the scapal basin is normally medially polished and the temples are enlarged. Chrysis quaerita Nurse, 1902 was described from a single male, and it was only recently placed in the scutellaris group by Rosa et al. (2021 a). Sexual association in Chrysididae is often challenging, and several cases are known with males and females of the same species described as different species, such as the Indian species Chrysis nursei Bingham, 1903 synonym of Chrysis gujaratica Nurse, 1903 (Rosa et al. 2021 a). In the case of Chrysis dissimilis, the male and female of the same species, identified as Chrysis quaerita Nurse by D. Morgan in 1982, were reared from a nest of Delta conoideus which provisioned the nests with Helicoverpa armigera collected from pigeon pea. This rearing information was taken from the label details. The male matches with the examined type of Chrysis quaerita, although the female matches with the holotype of C. dissimilis which was only known from the type and was a species unknown to Morgan. Chrysis dissimilis is the name with priority and I here propose the new synonymy Chrysis quaerita Nurse, 1903 syn. n. of Chrysis dissimilis Dahlbom, 1854. This species apparently has a wide distribution on the Indian subcontinent, from Bengal to Gujarat. The host association with Delta (Vespidae: Eumeninae) is unusual and is recorded for the first time. In fact, species of the scutellaris and elegans groups are known to be parasitoids of wild bees (Megachilidae) (Kimsey and Bohart [1990] 1991). I suppose that the nest of Delta could have been re-used by a megachilid bee that was later parasitised by the female of the cuckoo wasp.	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF892863FE44FF62FDAFC4CD.taxon	synonymic_list	Chrysis fuscipennis Brullé, 1846 nec Dahlbom, 1829.	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF892863FE44FF62FDAFC4CD.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined 1 ♀: India, And. Prad.: Patancheru 30.9. [19] 80 ICRISAT / Chrysis fuscipennis Br. Det. Z. Bouček, 1981 [NHMUK]; 1 ♀: INDIA: Kashmir Nigagar 2700 m 9. viii – 17. ix. 1986 [leg.] P. H. Williams / K. M. Guichard coll. BMNH (E) 2002 – 69 [NHMUK].	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF892863FE44FF62FDAFC4CD.taxon	distribution	Distribution India (Andhra Pradesh (!); Bihar; Haryana; Jammu and Kashmir; Karnataka; Maharashtra; Tamil Nadu; West Bengal; Gujarat).	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF892863FEE4FD6BFEF8C366.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined 1 ♀: W India 4.500 ̍ Mahabaleshwar 26. xi – 2. xii. 1992 [leg.] K. Guichard / K. M. Guichard coll. BMNH (E) 2002 – 69 [NHMUK]. 1 ♀: Karnataka Mudigere 26. x. – 4. xi. 1979 / J. S. Noyes B. M. 1979 - 518 / Chrysis d. F. Strumia [NHMUK]; 1 ♀: Kerala Periyar A. Sanc. 5 – 15. x. 1979 / J. S. Noyes B. M. 1979 - 518 / Chrysis d. F. Strumia [NHMUK]; 2 J: T. Nadu Coimbatore 25. ix. – 15. x. 1979 / J. S. Noyes B. M. 1979 - 518 / Chrysis d. F. Strumia [NHMUK].	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF892863FEE4FD6BFEF8C366.taxon	distribution	Distribution India (Karnataka (!), Kerala (!), Maharashtra (!), Tamil Nadu (!), Uttaranchal).	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF892863FEE4FD6BFEF8C366.taxon	discussion	Remarks Species recently described from Uttaranchal and Pakistan, not included in the checklist by Rosa et al. (2021 a).	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF892863FE4EFA94FE5FC092.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined 2 J, 3 ♀: W India Goa s. l. 6 – 9 - xii. 1992 leg. K. Guichard / K. M. Guichard coll. BMNH (E) 2002 - 69 [NHMUK].	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF892863FE4EFA94FE5FC092.taxon	distribution	Distribution India (Goa (!), Maharashtra).	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF882862FE7EFBD1FE03C092.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined 1 J, 1 ♀: India: [Telengana] Hyderabad ii – ix. 1980 [leg.] Bernays [NHMUK].	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF882862FE7EFBD1FE03C092.taxon	distribution	Distribution India (Telengana (!), north-western India (locality not specified, Kimsey and Bohart [1990] 1991 )); Iran, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan (Semenov-Tian-Shanskij and Nikol ̍ skaya 1954).	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF882862FE7EFBD1FE03C092.taxon	discussion	Remarks The two specimens examined from Telengana show a unique violet colour that is not present in Central Asian specimens. Besides this striking colour pattern, they morphologically match Chrysis musa Semenov-Tian-Shanskij, described from Iran, whose types were illustrated by Rosa et al. (2017 a, 2021 a). Examination of additional material from both localities is needed to evaluate whether the Indian specimens represent a distinct species or a colour variation.	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF882862FE27FF50FE93C418.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined 2 J: W India 4.500 ̍ Mahabaleshwar 26. xi – 2. xii. 1992 [leg.] K. Guichard / K. M. Guichard coll. BMNH (E) 2002 - 69 [NHMUK].	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF882862FE27FF50FE93C418.taxon	distribution	Distribution India (Gujarat; Karnataka; Maharashtra; Bengal and Central provinces (locality not specified )).	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF882862FE03FDBEFE5CC5AB.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined 1 ♀: INDIA: 1800 m Kashmir Tang-marg, viii. 1985, P. H. Williams / K. M. Guichard coll. BMNH (E) 2002 - 69 [NHMUK].	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF882862FE03FDBEFE5CC5AB.taxon	distribution	Distribution India (!) (Kashmir), Pakistan.	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF8F2865FEB5FF50FD1FC4E0.taxon	description	Chrysis oblita Bohart in Kimsey and Bohart [1990] 1991, p. 444. Replacement name for Chrysis orientalis Dahlbom, 1854 (cat., India, comparata-scutellaris group).	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF8F2865FEB5FF50FD1FC4E0.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined 1 ♀: India: Hyderabad vii – ix. 1980 [leg.] Bernays [NHMUK].	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF8F2865FEB5FF50FD1FC4E0.taxon	distribution	Distribution India (Delhi; Gujarat; Maharashtra; Tamil Nadu; West Bengal; India Orientalis (locality not specified); Central provinces (locality not specified )). Widely distributed in plains of India (Jonathan et al. 1977); Pakistan (Nurse 1903).	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF8F2865FE2FFD16FBDDC24E.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined 1 ♀: India: Hyderabad vii – ix. 1980 [leg.] Bernays [NHMUK].	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF8F2865FE2FFD16FBDDC24E.taxon	distribution	Distribution India (Himalayas; Meghalaya; Maharashtra; Bengal (locality not specified )). China, Myanmar, and Malayan subregion (Jonathan et al. 1977); Korea (Kimsey and Bohart [1990] 1991).	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF8F2864FE4EFBECFBE6C698.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined 1 ♀: Simla 5. [18] 97 / Col. C. G. Nurse Collection 1920 - 72 / Chrysis speculata Buyss. var. <handwritten by du Buysson> [NHMUK].	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF8F2864FE4EFBECFBE6C698.taxon	distribution	Distribution India (Himachal Pradesh (!), Maharashtra).	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF8F2864FE4EFBECFBE6C698.taxon	discussion	Remarks The specimen from Simla [= Shimla] has a sparser punctation of the body, which produces a shining reflection. The same punctation was observed in a specimen from Pakistan (Rosa et al. 2021 b). Du Buysson identified the Indian specimen from Simla to be a distinct variation of Chrysis speculata, and this case deserves future analyses based on more specimens and both sexes. In Europe a similar case was documented between the common Chrysis germari Wesmael, 1839 and the Alpine endemic species Chrysis lucida Linsenmaier, 1951, in the succincta group. The latter is found only at high altitudes and shows a shallower and sparser punctation, generating a shiny metallic reflection on the body, hence the species name.	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF8E2864FE5BFF3FFE09C429.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined 1 ♀: W India 4.500 ̍ Mahabaleshwar 26. xi – 2. xii. 1992 [leg.] K. Guichard / K. M. Guichard coll. BMNH (E) 2002 – 69 [NHMUK].	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF8E2864FE5BFF3FFE09C429.taxon	distribution	Distribution India (Maharashtra).	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF8E2864FE65FD1CFE35C2F3.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined 2 ♀: W India 4.500 ̍ Mahabaleshwar 26. xi – 2. xii. 1992 [leg.] K. Guichard / K. M. Guichard coll. BMNH (E) 2002 – 69 [NHMUK].	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF8E2864FE65FD1CFE35C2F3.taxon	distribution	Distribution India (Maharashtra (!), Karnataka; India Orientalis (locality not specified )). Malaysia, Borneo (Sarawak) (Strumia 1996).	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF8E2867FE5BFB63FE37C3A2.taxon	description	(Figure 5 A – 5 F)	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF8E2867FE5BFB63FE37C3A2.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined 5 J, 2 ♀: India: Hyderabad vii – ix. 1980 [leg.] Bernays [NHMUK].	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF8E2867FE5BFB63FE37C3A2.taxon	distribution	Distribution India (Telangana). Types illustrated The species listed below were not illustrated in the catalogue of the Indian Chrysididae by Rosa et al. (2021 a). Complementing that previous contribution, I provide herein highresolution images for these species. Species are listed in alphabetical order, according to the present combination.	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF8D2879FE15F9C5FB0DC3B4.taxon	description	(Figure 6 A – 6 E)	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF8D2879FE15F9C5FB0DC3B4.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined 1 ♀: Deesa 9.01 / Chrysis arrestans (Nurse) / Type / ♀ / Col. C. G. Nurse Collection. 1920 – 72 / Holotype / B. M. TYPE HYM. 13.140 / NHMUK 014420273 [NHMUK].	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF8D2879FE15F9C5FB0DC3B4.taxon	distribution	Distribution India (Gujarat). Pakistan (Nurse 1903).	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF8D2879FE15F9C5FB0DC3B4.taxon	discussion	Remarks Chrysis arrestans Nurse belongs to the smaragdula group. Neither the type nor another specimen was illustrated in Rosa et al. (2021 a). In Figure 6 the holotype female is illustrated.	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF932878FE4CFA23FDD6C5D1.taxon	description	(Figure 7 A – 7 F)	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF932878FE4CFA23FDD6C5D1.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined 1 J: Kashmir 5 – 6000 ft 5.01 / Type J / Col. C. G. Nurse Collection 1920 - 72 / Ellampus kashmirensis Nurse Du B. [uysson] considers this = Notozus violascens (Mocs) / SYNTYPE / B. M. TYPE HYM. 13.12 a / NHMUK 014420272 [NHMUK]; 1 ♀: same locality labels / B. M. TYPE HYM. 13.12 b [NHMUK]; 4 J: Kashmir 5 – 6000 ft 5.01 [NHMUK].	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF932878FE4CFA23FDD6C5D1.taxon	distribution	Distribution Kashmir.	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF932878FE4CFA23FDD6C5D1.taxon	discussion	Remarks Nurse (1902) described Notozus kashmirensis based on seven specimens, males and females. Five males and a female are deposited at the NHMUK, whereas the second female, bearing the same labels, is deposited in the Mocsáry collection at HNHM. Kimsey (1986) designated the lectotype based on a male specimen, without pinning any label specifying this. I consider the male labelled as ′ Type J ̍ by Nurse to be the lectotype selected by Kimsey (Figure 7).	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF922878FE4FFC77FE44C092.taxon	description	(Figure 8 A – 8 F)	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF922878FE4FFC77FE44C092.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined 1 ♀: Hedychrum lugubrum Cam. Type Bengal / Cameron Coll. 1909 – 182 / Type / B. M. TYPE HYM. 13.31 / BMNH (E) # 970961 [NHMUK]; 1 J: Hedychrum lugubrum Cam. Type / 1051. / 8 / TYPE HYME 2004 Hedychrum lugubre Cameron, 1897 HOLOTYPE J HOPE ENT COLL., OUMNH [OUMUK].	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF922878FE4FFC77FE44C092.taxon	discussion	Remarks Cameron (1897) described Hedychrum lugubre on the basis of a syntype series (′ long. 4 – 5 mm ̍ from Cameron 1897, p. 6). Kimsey and Bohart ([1990] 1991) considered the male syntype deposited at NHMUK (actually a female) to be the holotype (Figure 8 A, B), whereas a male syntype is deposited at OUMUK and labelled as holotype (Figure 8 C – F). The definition of holotype given by Kimsey and Bohart ([1990] 1991) does not automatically designate a lectotype by inference of the term ′ holotype ̍ (Art. 74.5) because the type series included more specimens. The two specimens examined belong to different taxa; a lectotype designation is therefore required, but this is deferred to a future revision of the Oriental Hedychrum.	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF91287AFE7DFA53FEB4C026.taxon	description	(Figure 9 A – 9 F)	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF91287AFE7DFA53FEB4C026.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined 1 ♀: Sikhim Bingham Coll. / 25 / Holopyga aeruginosa Mocs. typ. det. Mocsáry / Holotype / B. M. TYPE HYM. 13.25 / NHMUK 014420288 [NHMUK].	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF91287AFE7DFA53FEB4C026.taxon	distribution	Distribution India (Sikkim).	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF97287CFE47FF50FDD3C699.taxon	description	(Figure 10 A – 10 F)	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF97287CFE47FF50FDD3C699.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined 1 ♀: Deesa 9.01 / Hedychridium rotundum (Nurse) / ♀ / Type / Col. C. G. Nurse Collection. 1920 - 72 / Type / B. M. TYPE HYM. 13.37 / NHMUK 014420303 [NHMUK].	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF97287CFE47FF50FDD3C699.taxon	distribution	Distribution India (Gujarat); Pakistan (Strumia 1999).	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF96287CFE27FF3DFE88C4F1.taxon	description	(Figure 11 A – 11 F)	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF96287CFE27FF3DFE88C4F1.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined 1 J: Kashmir 5 – 6000 ft 5.01 / Holopyga cupreata (Nurse) / J / Type / Col. C. G. Nurse Collection. 1920 – 72 / Type / Syntype / B. M. TYPE HYM. 13.15 / NHMUK 014420285 [NHMUK].	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF96287CFE27FF3DFE88C4F1.taxon	distribution	Distribution Kashmir.	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF96287CFE25FD62FE39C264.taxon	description	(Figure 12 A – 12 F)	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF96287CFE25FD62FE39C264.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined 1 J: Deesa 3.01 / Holopyga nursei J Bingh Type / Col. C. G. Nurse Collection. 1920 - 72 / Holotype / B. M. TYPE HYM. 13.20 / NHMUK 014420286 [NHMUK].	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF96287CFE25FD62FE39C264.taxon	distribution	Distribution India (Gujarat). Pakistan.	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF96287CFE23FB91FDABC092.taxon	description	(Figure 13 A – 13 F)	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF96287CFE23FB91FDABC092.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined 1 ♀: Capt. Dounes / Col. H. John. / Hedychrum rugosum Smith / Type / B. M. TYPE HYM. 13.21 / This specimen was desc. by Bingham in 1903 Fauna Brit India. At that time had locality label Poona, now missing? Type status dubious. D. Morgan / NHMUK _ 014420284 [NHMUK].	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF96287CFE23FB91FDABC092.taxon	distribution	Distribution India (Maharashtra; Western India (locality not specified )).	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF96287CFE23FB91FDABC092.taxon	discussion	Remarks As already observed by Morgan, the type status of this specimen is unclear, because it lacks the label of the type locality.	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF952873FE36FA48FD40C725.taxon	description	(Figure 14 A – 14 F)	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF952873FE36FA48FD40C725.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined 1 ♀: Bulandshahr U. Prad. India V. 05 / 17 / Holopyga virescens Mocs. typ. det. Mocsáry / Col. Bingham 1902 – 120 / Holotype / B. M. TYPE HYM. 13.22 / NHMUK 014420287 [NHMUK].	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF952873FE36FA48FD40C725.taxon	distribution	Distribution India (Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat).	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF952873FE36FA48FD40C725.taxon	discussion	Remarks Holopyga virescens was described by Mocsáry (1914) in the subgenus Hedychridium Abeille de Perrin, 1878, considered a valid genus by all subsequent and contemporary authors. All the species described by Mocsáry (1889, 1914) were later recognised to be members of Hedychridium, as in the case of the Indian Hedychridium aeruginosum (Mocsáry, 1914). For this reason, Rosa et al. (2021 a) transferred Holopyga virescens to the genus Hedychridium where virescens (Mocsáry) automatically became a secondary junior homonym of Hedychridium virescens du Buysson, 1908. Rosa in Rosa et al. (2021 a) therefore replaced Hedychridium virescens (Mocsáry) with the name Hedychridium mocsaryi. After type examination, I confirm that Holopyga (Hedychridium) virescens is not a member of Hedychridium, but a member of Holopyga Dahlbom, 1845, or probably of Pseudolopyga Krombein, 1969. Members of the latter genus were described from the Palaearctic region in the subgenus Holopyga (Chamaeholopyga) (Rosa et al. 2022 b) and they are characterised by a slightly concave head, medially polished to slightly wrinkled (Figure 14 C); temples (= postocular region, the continuation of the gena to the posterior limit of the head) narrow and rounded as in the genus Hedychridium (Figure 14 D); mesopleuron simple, not strongly angulate (Figure 14 B); fore wing medial vein not strongly arched, hind tarsal claws dimorphic, female claws with one subapical tooth, male with two; small body size. The type of Holopyga virescens is somewhat intermediate, having the ventrally acute mesopleuron, but not strongly angulate, and the medial vein arched, although not so strongly arched as in the other Holopyga species. For these reasons, I temporarily consider Holopyga virescens as a true Holopyga. In any case, the replacement name Holopyga mocsaryi Rosa, 2021 is unnecessary because the species does not belong to the genus Hedychridium s. str.	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF992873FE1DFE08FBE9C327.taxon	description	(Figure 15 A – 15 F)	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF992873FE1DFE08FBE9C327.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined 1 ♀ [Indonesia (Sulawesi)]: Mak. [= Makassar], Chrysis obscura Smith [OUMUK].	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF992873FE1DFE08FBE9C327.taxon	distribution	Distribution Indonesia (Sulawesi).	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF992873FE1DFE08FBE9C327.taxon	discussion	Remarks Rosa et al. (2021 a) listed Chrysis obscura Smith from India (West Bengal: Birbhum district) and Myanmar (Tenasserim, Tavoy, 12. [18] 97, Bingham), based on two specimens deposited at the Naturhistoriches Museum in Vienna (Zimmermann collection) and at the Hungarian Natural History Museum (Budapest). The Indian specimen was identified by Zimmermann, while the Burmese one was identified by Bingham and Mocsáry; for this reason their identifications were considered reliable. Although it was not mentioned in that article, the specimens examined belong to the oculata group and not to the smaragdula group, as stated by Kimsey and Bohart ([1990] 1991), for the shortened first flagellomere and the dentate mesopleuron, among other characters. The recent type examination of Chrysis obscura deposited at OUMUK (Figure 15) confirmed that this taxon is a member of the smaragdula group, and that the Indian and Burmese specimens in Rosa et al. (2021 a) were misidentified. At present, I am unable to reliably identify them, and they likely belong to an undescribed species. To my knowledge, the distribution range of Chrysis obscura should remain limited to Sulawesi (Indonesia).	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF992874FE1AFA24FD8BC725.taxon	description	(Figure 16 A – 16 F)	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF992874FE1AFA24FD8BC725.taxon	description	Chrysis festina: lectotype here designated, ♀, W. Australia, Chrysis festinans Type Smith, B. M. Type Hym. 13.144, Lectotype Chrysis festinus ♀ F. Smith R. M. Bohart, Lectotype, NHMUK 014420278 (NHMUK).	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF992874FE1AFA24FD8BC725.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined 1 ♀: W. Australia / Chrysis festinans [!] Type Smith / B. M. Type Hym. 13.144 / Lectotype Chrysis festinus ♀ F. Smith R. M. Bohart / Lectotype / NHMUK 014420278 [NHMUK]; 1 J: Australia. / Chrysis festinans [!] Type Smith / Coll. Smith 1879 / Chrysis festina J F. Smith R. Bohart det. / Type Hym: 1332 Chrysis festinas [!] Smith Hope Dept. Oxford [OUMUK].	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF992874FE1AFA24FD8BC725.taxon	discussion	Remarks Smith (1874) described Chrysis festina based on two syntype specimens, as explicitly stated in the text: ′ The male exactly resembles the female. Both have seven teeth ̍, from Smith 1874, p. 463. Bohart, during one of his research visits to British museums, labelled the female syntype housed at NHMUK as lectotype (Figure 16 A) and he also examined the male syntype from OUMUK (Figure 16 B). However, the lectotype designation has never been published, and in Kimsey and Bohart ([1990] 1991) the female specimen housed at NHMUK was considered to be the holotype. This definition does not automatically designate the specimen as lectotype by inference from the term ′ holotype ̍ (ICZN, Art. 74.5) because the species was described based on more specimens. In this context, I herewith designate the female specimens selected by Bohart and deposited at NHMUK as the lectotype (Figure 16 A, C – F).	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF9E2874FE27FE48FB0DC2F6.taxon	description	(Figure 17 A – 17 F)	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF9E2874FE27FE48FB0DC2F6.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined 1 J: 1149 / Chrysis perfecta Cam. Type / Type HYME 2000 Chrysis perfecta Cameron, 1897 Syntype J HOPE ENT COLL., OUMNH [OUMUK].	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF9E2874FE27FE48FB0DC2F6.taxon	discussion	Remarks Cameron (1897) described Chrysis perfecta based on a syntype series, as inferable from the size of the specimens given by the author (′ 8 – 9 mm ̍ from Cameron 1897, p. 1). Kimsey and Bohart ([1990] 1991) considered a specimen deposited at NHMUK to be the possible holotype and included the species in the maculicornis group. The specimen housed at NHMUK is not a type, was collected at Quetta, and originated from the Nurse collection. It bears an additional label: ′ not type which is from Barrackpore, Bengal = annulata Buysson ̍ handwritten by Yarrow (collection drawer 74). The inclusion of this species in the maculicornis group by Kimsey and Bohart ([1990] 1991) is based on this specimen. However, a male syntype is housed at OUMUK (Figure 17) and belongs to the viridissima group sensu Linsenmaier (1959). This specimen could be the male of Chrysis pubescens Smith, 1852, described from Bombay [= Mumbai]. Specimens of both species collected from the same localities must be examined before synonymisation of Chrysis perfecta with C. pubescens.	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF9E2877FE2FFB19FEE0C0ED.taxon	description	(Figure 18 A – 18 F)	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF9E2877FE2FFB19FEE0C0ED.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined 1 ♀: N. China / Chrysis principalis Type Smith / Type / B. M. TYPE HYM. 13.135 / NHMUK 014420309 (NHMUK); 1 ♀: N. China / principalis Smith [OUMUK].	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF9E2877FE2FFB19FEE0C0ED.taxon	discussion	Remarks Smith (1874) described Chrysis principalis based on an unknown number of specimens, presumably syntypes (′ This species has the thorax sometimes green, with only a faint blue transverse line on the prothorax ... ̍ from Smith 1874, p. 461). Kimsey and Bohart ([1990] 1991) considered a female specimen deposited at OUMUK as holotype. This specimen bears the handwritten labels ′ N China ̍ and ′ principalis Smith ̍ without indication of the type status (Figure 18 B) and can be considered a type. Another identical specimen, but labelled as type by Smith, from N China is deposited at NHMUK (Figure 18 A, C). I consider both specimens to be syntypes; being conspecific, no action is required to designate the lectotype in this article. Chrysis principalis is currently considered a common and widespread species in the East Palearctic and Oriental region (Kimsey and Bohart [1990] 1991; Rosa et al. 2021 a).	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF9C2848FE26FA4AFEFEC7C8.taxon	description	(Figure 19 A – 19 F)	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF9C2848FE26FA4AFEFEC7C8.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined 1 ♀: [Indonesia (Sulawesi)] Mak. [= Makassar] / Chrysis seducta Smith, HOLOTYPE (OUMUK); 1 ♀: Chrysis seducta Smith [OUMUK].	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFF9C2848FE26FA4AFEFEC7C8.taxon	discussion	Remarks Smith (1860) described Chrysis seducta based on an unknown number of specimens. Bohart in Kimsey and Bohart ([1990] 1991) designated the lectotype without pinning any identification label with the selected specimen. As already noticed by Rosa (2009), Rosa et al. (2017 b, 2020), and WiŚniowski in Rosa et al. (2022 a), Bohart often designated lectotypes in European museums without pinning any identification label on the selected type, thus making the identification of the lectotype impossible and, therefore, invalid. In the OUMUK type collection two specimens belonging to two different species of Trichrysis bear the same light blue identification label of Chrysis seducta handwritten by Smith, but only one bears the locality label ′ Mak ̍. and a recently added round red type label. I consider this specimen to be the lectotype designated by Bohart (Figure 19).	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFFA2284BFEAAFE18FD6BC39C.taxon	description	(Figure 20 A – 20 F)	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFFA2284BFEAAFE18FD6BC39C.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined 1 ♀: M J [= Melville Island?] / Stilbum princeps Gray in Griff <red label handwritten by Cameron> [OUMUK].	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
03B9879FFFA2284BFEAAFE18FD6BC39C.taxon	discussion	Remarks After the description, the name Stilbum princeps fell into oblivion. The species was correctly illustrated (Figure 20 B) and described: ′ In the sub-genus of chrysis Stilbium, we have established a species under the name princeps. It is of a bright rich green colour, entirely punctured, with a purplish tint in the middle of the thorax; the wings pale brown, with the nervures rather darker. This insect is from Melville Island ̍ (Gray in Griffith and Pidgeon 1832, p. 434). I assign the authorship of this species to Gray, as indicated in the title of the volume and as given in the captions of Figure 1 on Plate 77. The original combination is unclear, since the genus Stilbum is correctly spelled in the generic introduction at page 369 and in the Plate 77, where it is considered to be a valid genus; yet, it is spelled Stilbium in the description (as a subgenus of Chrysis) and in the index on page 794 (where it is considered to be a valid genus). Because of this uncertainty, I consider the original combination of this species described in the genus Chrysis subgenus Stilbium (incorrect subsequent spelling), as given in the description at page 434. Problems in the correct recognition of authorships and original spellings in this volume were already noticed by other authors (eg Michener 1994). This species is possibly a synonym of Stilbum splendidum (Fabricius, 1775), the largest Australian species. However, a revision of the Oriental Stilbum is currently ongoing, and the synonymic list of Stilbum cyanurum (Forster, 1771) as proposed by Kimsey and Bohart ([1990] 1991) clearly includes several valid species, as already recognised by subsequent authors based on morphological characters (eg Mingo 1994; Linsenmaier 1997) and DNA barcoding (Rosa et al. 2023). In Australia, at least two valid species are known, Stilbum splendidum (Fabricius, 1775) and S. amethystinum (Fabricius, 1775); two additional Stilbum species are known for Australia: S. chrysocephalum concolor Linsenmaier, 1951, and S. cyanurum pacificum Linsenmaier, 1951. The occurrence of true S. cyanurum, considered by Kimsey and Bohart ([1990] 1991) to be the most common species in the genus and the only one present in Australia, should be confirmed.	en	Rosa, Paolo (2023): New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron. Journal of Natural History 57 (29 - 32): 1396-1433, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158
