Chrysis oxyacantha Mocsary 1913

Chrysis oxyacantha Mocsáry, 1913 (Fig. 10) Chrysis (Heptachrysis) oxyacantha Mocsáry, 1913: 41. TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype. Eritrea • ♀; Keren; HMNH (examined). MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Yemen • 1 ♀; Hajjah Governorate, Hirran; 28.IV.1936; M.T. leg.; EFC • 1 ♂; Sana’a University Campus, 2300m; 3.XI.2005; J. Halada leg.; coll. MHC • 1 ♂; Wadi Sudd, 10 km W Marib, 1120 m; 8.X.2005; [15°24’N, 45°16’E]; J. Halada leg.; MHC. Oman • 1♂; 17 km W of Súr; 15.III.2015; M. Snižek leg.; coll. MHC • 1 ♂; E of Súr, S of Shiya; 15.III.2015; [22°30’31”N, 59°25’15”E]; L. Černý leg.; MHC. DIAGNOSIS. — Body length: 11.5-13.0 mm. Metallic green to blue, face golden-green; scape metallic green, rest of antenna dark brown; wings brown with dark veins. First flagellomere short (l/w = 0.8); second flagellomere 3× as long as the first; transverse frontal carina strong, sharp, M-shaped with upwards branches (Fig. 10A); pronotal humeral angles acute, pointing upwards; propodeal antero-median line very deep; notauli exceptionally wide and deep (Fig. 10C), width decreasing towards anterior margin; notauli width basally larger than largest punctures on mesoscutum (Fig. 10D); metanotal plate triangular, basally concave; mesopleuron densely, coarsely punctate, with scrobal area forming a ventral, pointed tooth; first tergum densely dotted between larger punctures, second and third tergum with polished intervals between punctures; apical margin of third tergum with six triangular, pointed teeth (Fig. 10E); black spots of second sternum large, sub-quadrate, with apical margin arcuate, distinctly separated medially and from lateral sternal margins (Fig. 10F). DISTRIBUTION IN THE ARABIAN PENINSULA. — Oman (new record), Yemen (new record). EXTRALIMITAL DISTRIBUTION. — Eritrea (Mocsáry 1913), Mali (new record). REMARK The type has a very small denticle between apico-median teeth of third tergum, and for this reason the species was described in the subgenus Heptachrysis Mocsáry, 1889.