New records for the Indian cuckoo wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of two new species and remarks on types of Smith and Cameron Author Rosa, Paolo text Journal of Natural History 2023 2023-11-03 57 29 - 32 1396 1433 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158 journal article 10.1080/00222933.2023.2250158 1464-5262 Chrysis speculata du Buysson, 1896 Chrysis speculata du Buysson, 1896: 473 . Holotype ♀ ; India : Maharashtra : Bombay: Poona [= Pune] (MNHN) ( succincta group). Material examined 1♀ : Simla 5.[18]97/Col . C .G. Nurse Collection 1920-72/ Chrysis speculata Buyss. var. <handwritten by du Buysson> [ NHMUK ]. Distribution India ( Himachal Pradesh (!), Maharashtra ) . 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 . 2021b ). 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.