Chrysis rubroviolacea, MOCSARY, 1913

CHRYSIS RUBROVIOLACEA MOCSÁRY, 1913

Kimsey & Bohart (1991: 427) synonymised C. rubroviolacea Mocsáry, 1913 , described from South Africa, with C. jousseaumei , described from Djibouti. Chrysis jousseaumei is characterised by toothed mesopleuron ( Fig. 7C View FIG ), violet to purplish body colour, large punctures with polished interspaces covering the whole body ( Fig. 7E View FIG ). Chrysis rubroviolacea , as correctly given in the original description, has a simple, unmodified mesopleuron, without any evident tooth ( Fig. 7D View FIG ); in addition, the shape of the head is different ( Fig. 7B View FIG ), being clearly transverse (l/w = 0.7) (measure taken from the transverse frontal carina to clypeal margin) and the shortest distance between inner eye margin instead of triangular, and short (l/w = 0.8) as in C. rubroviolacea ( Fig. 7A View FIG ); the episternal sulcus is formed by larger foveae ( Fig. 7D View FIG ); the black spots on second sternum are narrower, almost half as wide as long. For these notable differences in diagnostic characters, we consider C. rubroviolacea Mocsáry, 1913 as a valid species.