Contribution to the genus Chrysidea Bischoff, 1913 from China, with description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) Author Rosa, Paolo Author Xu, Zai-Fu text Zootaxa 2015 4040 4 465 468 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4040.4.6 85d11588-45b5-4caf-ab37-4a5aabeb3e70 1175-5326 232558 1FA9F352-C18B-40E9-9D54-1CFE2B6F2ADC Chrysidea pumila ( Klug, 1845 ) Chrysis pumila Klug, 1845 : tab. 45, fig. 13. Neotype , ♂, designation by Rosa & Xu (2015: 10) ; Egypt : Fayoum (Luzern). Chrysidea pumila Bischoff 1913 : 34 ; Hammer 1936 : 3 ( China [Xinjiang]: Urumchi [= Urumqi]); Kimsey & Bohart 1991 : 314 . Material examined . 2♀♀, Harare: Ketmen, Thian Chan [=Tian-Shan] Occid. Monts Sussamyr Ketmen Tjube M. Pic. 1914. The specimens were collected close to the Kyrgyzstan border (Sussamyr Mt.) ( NMLS ) ( Rosa et al . 2014 ). Diagnosis. Chrysidea pumila can be easily separated from C. falsa sp. nov. by fore wing with indistinct outer veins of discoidal cell (fully sclerotised in C. falsa ) and apex of T3 with two lateral teeth and apico-medial undulation (with three sharp teeth and convex intervals between teeth in C. falsa ). Biology. Unknown. Distribution . China (Xinjiang). Widely distributed in the Afrotropical and South Palaearctic Region ( Kimsey & Bohart 1991 ). It is not yet known from the Oriental Region. Acknowledgments. We are grateful to Dr. Marco Bernasconi (NMLS, Switzerland ) for his cooperation and assistance in the study of the Linsenmaier collection. We wish to thank Jun Fung (Guangzhou, China ), who provided the pictures of C. falsa sp. nov. We are also very grateful to Arkady Lelej ( Russia ) and two anonymous reviewers for their kind suggestions to improve the manuscript. The study was partially supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (No. 2013CB127600) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30770265).