Taxonomic review of the elampine cuckoo wasps from northeastern Brazil (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae), with the description of three new species Author Lucena, Daercio A. A. 0000-0002-3250-3775 Laboratório de Biologia Comparada e Abelhas (LBCA), Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP), Universidade de São Paulo, Avenida Bandeirantes, 3900, 14040 - 901, Ribeirão Preto-SP, Brazil Universidade Federal do Pernambuco, Avenida Professor Moraes Rego S / N, 50670 - 901, Recife-PE, Brazil & daerciobio @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3250 - 3775 daerciobio@gmail.com Author Santos-Neto, Pedro E. 0000-0002-2353-529X pedrosantineto @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2353 - 529 X pedrosantineto@gmail.com Author Zanella, Fernando C. V. 0000-0002-4817-1373 Universidade Federal da Integração Latino-Americana (UNILA), Avenida Tancredo Neves, 6731, 85867 - 970, Foz do Iguaçu-PR, Brazil & fcvzanella @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4817 - 1373 fcvzanella@gmail.com Author Almeida, Eduardo A. B. 0000-0001-6017-6364 Laboratório de Biologia Comparada e Abelhas (LBCA), Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP), Universidade de São Paulo, Avenida Bandeirantes, 3900, 14040 - 901, Ribeirão Preto-SP, Brazil Universidade Federal do Pernambuco, Avenida Professor Moraes Rego S / N, 50670 - 901, Recife-PE, Brazil & eduardoalmeida @ usp. br; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6017 - 6364 eduardoalmeida@usp.br text Zootaxa 2022 2022-11-25 5213 3 201 235 journal article 194623 10.11646/zootaxa.5213.3.1 5729cbd6-fefb-4b94-a3f8-9a57c6c4f8d8 1175-5326 7359903 76F7CE54-A0D8-4004-B8F4-7A7D08166C33 Genus Holophris Mocsáry This genus comprises small, beautiful, and enigmatic wasps. Most species are found in tropical regions of the world ( Rosa et al. 2016 ), and nothing is known about their biology. The genus is distinguished from other South American Elampini based on the following combination of characteristics: scapal basin smooth; occipital carina long and intersecting below with the genal carina; notaulus indistinct or absent; mesopleuron subquadrate, double carinate transversely; scutellum with groove along the anterior edge, partially interrupted medially; metanotum elongate (longer than scutellum); vertex, pronotum, scutum, and metasomal terga polished and widely impunctate; terga with broad semitransparent marginal rim; R 2 c and 1Cu 2 c without setae; and the posterior propodeal projection indistinct and not protruding. There are six Neotropical species, three of them occurring in Brazil ( Kimsey & Bohart 1991 ). For the first time the genus is recorded in northeastern Brazil .