Chrysis infantula

Chrysis infantula Semenov-Tian-Shanskij, 1967

Chrysis infantula Semenov-Tian-Shanskij, 1967:155. Holotype ♀; Turkmenistan: Imam-Baba ( St. Petersburg) ( leachii group).

Chrysis infantula : Rosa et al., 2013:23 ( Esfahan). Farhad et al., 2015b:38 ( Hormozgan).

Chrysis nilensis Linsenmaier, 1959a : Tavasoli & Fallahzadeh, 2015:82 ( Fars).

Chrysis nilensis : Falahatpisheh et al., 2021:31 ( Fars).

Distribution. Iran ( Esfahan, Fars, Hormozgan). Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan ( Semenov-Tian-Shanskij, 1967).

Remarks. Chrysis infantula Semenov-Tian-Shanskij and Chrysis nilensis Linsenmaier, 1959 (replacement name for Chrysis leachii var. cyanea du Buysson, 1908a:49 , nom. praeocc., nec Villers 1789) are almost identical and possibly synonyms. We examined both female types in Paris and St. Petersburg and the main difference is found in the shape of the apical margin of metasomal third tergum. In Chrysis infantula the post pit-row area is longer and slightly concave in lateral view, whereas in Chrysis nilensis it is shorter and straight in lateral view. The first record examined for Iran (Rosa et al., 2013) was based on a male specimen. Examination of more material is needed to confirm the occurrence of Chrysis infantula or Chrysis nilensis in the country. In any case, the taxon observed in Southern Iran and identified as infantula by Rosa et al. (2013) and nilensis by Tavasoli & Fallahzadeh (2015) could belong to the same species.