An annotated catalogue of the types of Chrysididae (Hymenoptera) at the Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, with brief historical notes Author Rosa, Paolo Via Belvedere 8 / d I- 20881 Bernareggio (MB), Italy rosa@chrysis.net Author Vardal, Hege Swedish Museum of Natural History, Department of Entomology, Box 50007, SE- 104 05 Stockholm, Sweden text ZooKeys 2015 2015-04-08 495 79 132 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.495.9356 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.495.9356 1313-2970-495-79 525BA44597F04C31A94403B3535CBF8A FF9BFFE80C65E621D1255343631D483B 578803 Chrysis modica Dahlbom, 1850 Plate 12 Chrysis modica : Dahlbom 1850 : 140. Type locality. South Africa: " Natal ". Lectotype ♀. [Caffraria] [J. Wahlb.] [Typus] <red label> [ Chrysis modica Dahlb .] [270 82 ] <red label> [ Chrysis modica Dahlbom Lectotype ♀ R.M. Bohart ] <red label> [NHRS-HEVA000001111]. Plate 12. Chrysis modica Dahlbom, 1850, lectotype. A Habitus, dorsal view B head, frontal view C mesosoma, dorsal view D second and third metasomal tergites, dorsal view. Remarks. Dahlbom (1845 : 14) described Chrysis mediocris on a single specimen from Guinea, received by Westermann and currently housed in his collection at the MZLU. Later Dahlbom (1850 : 140) described the same species under a new name, Chrysis modica , adding one specimen from Port Natal collected by J. Wahlberg and deposited at the NHRS, and another specimen from Promontorium Bonae Spei [= Cape of Good Hope] found in Spinola's collection (MRSN). In his last work Dahlbom (1854 : 326) gave a detailed description in Latin of Chrysis modica , and described a new European species with the name Chrysis mediocris Dahlbom, 1854. The latter is a junior homonym of Chrysis mediocris Dahlbom, 1845 (currently Chrysis subsinuata Marquet, 1879). The first available name for Chrysis modica Dahlbom, 1850 is therefore Chrysis mediocris Dahlbom, 1845. Bohart (in Kimsey and Bohart 1991 : 437) designated the lectotype. Current status. Chrysis mediocris Dahlbom, 1845 (synonymised by Kimsey and Bohart 1991 : 437).