Abstract

A new species, Chrysis vicana sp. n., and the previously unknown male of Ch. neobule are described. The basic morphological differences between the new species and the closely related Chrysis neobule Sem. are given. Chrysis vicana differs from Ch. neobule in the presence of an intense blue sheen on the tegulae and the 1st antennal segment, in the clearly pronounced and short frontal carina, in the coloration of abdominal sternite II, in the brown tarsi, almost black venation, and closed radial vein of the wings. Chrysis vicana is recorded on clay and sandy slopes, and Ch. neobule, on clay and sandy slopes and in dead woods in the middle part of the Kuma River basin (Stavropol Territory).

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