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Commonly known as cuckoo wasps or emerald wasps, the hymenopteran family Chrysididae is a very large cosmopolitan group (over 3000 described species) of parasitoid or kleptoparasitic wasps, often highly sculptured, [1] with brilliant metallic colors created by structural coloration. [2]
These wasps are brood parasitoids of crabronid wasps, bees, and eumenine vespids. [2] They are generally kleptoparasites, laying their eggs in host nests, where their larvae consume the host, egg, or larva while it is still young, then consuming the provisions. [1] The ovipositor is tube-like, and used to slip the eggs into the host nests.
Chrysis ignita is a species of cuckoo wasp.It is one of a group of species which are difficult to separate and which may be referred to as ruby-tailed wasps.. Cuckoo wasps are parasitoids and kleptoparasites, laying their eggs in the nests of other species where their young consume the larvae of their hosts.
Chrysis is a very large genus of cuckoo wasps (insects in the family Chrysididae). It is the largest genus in the family, including over 1,000 species in over 20 subgenera, as speciose as all remaining Chrysididae combined. [1]
Chrysis fulgida can reach a body length of about 7–12 mm (0.28–0.47 in) in females, while males can reach about 7–11 mm (0.28–0.43 in). [6] They are brightly colored metallic lustrous cuckoo wasps.
Chrysis angustula can reach a body length of about 6–9 mm (0.24–0.35 in). [4] These relatively small cuckoo wasps are part of the difficult-to-determine Chrysis ignita complex, with more than ten similar species.
Chrysura austriaca, also known as the Austrian cuckoo wasp, is a species of parasitic wasp within the family Chrysididae. Description ...
Hedychrum is a large genus of cuckoo wasps (the family Chrysididae). With roughly 150 species, it is the second largest genus in the family; most species are from the Palaearctic, but they can be found in the Oriental, Afrotropical, Nearctic, and Neotropical regions. [1] Their hosts are typically from the subfamily Philanthinae. [2]