Chrysis comparata

Chrysis comparata
Chrysis comparata. Museum specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Chrysididae
Genus: Chrysis
Species:
C. comparata
Binomial name
Chrysis comparata

Chrysis comparata is a species of cuckoo wasps (insects in the family Chrysididae).[1]

Subspecies

  • Chrysis comparata comparata Lepeletier, 1806
  • Chrysis comparata orientica Linsenmaier, 1959

Appearance

The head and thorax are bluish green. The eyes and antennae are black. The abdomen is golden red, and the basis of the first segment is bluish green. The wings are smoked. The pronotum may be longer than the scutellum.[2]

Biology

These wasps mainly parasitize hymenoptera belonging to the species Pemphredon unicolor, Hylaeus confusus, Paranthidiellum lituratum and Anthidium manicatum.[2]

Locations

This species can be found in Europe and in the Near East.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Biolib
  2. ^ a b c Chrysis.net
  3. ^ Fauna europaea


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