"As Chrysididas do Brazil": A catalogue of the Brazilian cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae)

Author(s)

Lucena, Daercio A. A. ; Gomes, Rayane Sales ; Zanella, Fernando C. V. ; Almeida, Eduardo A. B.

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Revista Brasileira de Entomologia; v. 68, n. 4, p. 63-pg., 2024-01-01.

Abstract

We present an updated, commented, and revised catalog for the Brazilian cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) and pay tribute to Adolph Ducke's 1913 monographic work on the Brazilian fauna of these wasps titled "As Chrysididas do Brazil." We document all 159 chrysidid species known to occur in Brazil, classified into 18 genera representing three subfamilies: Amiseginae, Chrysidinae, and Cleptinae. We detail all synonyms, provide geographical distribution for all recorded species, and compile host associations for 28 species in Brazil. Notes on type specimens and their depository collections are provided and complemented by images of 30 primary types. Additionally, we reinstated Exsecochrysis Linsenmaier from the synonymy with Pleurochrysis Bohart (rejected junior homonym) in place of Rhipidochrysis Rosa & Pavese, new synonym. All species previously treated as Pleurochrysis are transferred to Exsecochrysis. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 18/09666-5 - Phylogenomic systematics, comparative morphology and biogeography of bees (Hymenoptera: Anthophila)
• Grantee: Eduardo Andrade Botelho de Almeida
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• FAPESP's process: 22/00251-2 - Evolutionary history of the parasitoidism of Cuckoo Wasps (Chrysididae: Amiseginae) on Walking Stick eggs (Phasmatodea): a multidisciplinary approach integrating morphology, fossils and DNA
• Grantee: Daercio Adam de Araújo Lucena
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• FAPESP's process: 13/01195-0 - Systematics of the genus Ipsiura Linsenmaier, 1959 (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae): phylogenetic relationships with other Chrysidini taxa and among its species
• Grantee: Daercio Adam de Araújo Lucena
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• FAPESP's process: 15/12326-3 - Systematics and biogeography of Chrysidini wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae)
• Grantee: Daercio Adam de Araújo Lucena
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• FAPESP's process: 14/12407-0 - Taxonomy of Ipsiura Linsenmaier, 1959 (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae: Chrysidini)
• Grantee: Daercio Adam de Araújo Lucena
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Master's degree
• FAPESP's process: 19/09215-6 - Countering the taxonomic impediment of aculeate wasps: micro- and macroregional visions of the neotropical fauna
• Grantee: Fernando Barbosa Noll
• Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Thematic Grants
• FAPESP's process: 17/25081-4 - Systematics of the neotropical chrysidine cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae)
• Grantee: Daercio Adam de Araújo Lucena
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate