Chrysis scutellaris

Chrysis scutellaris
A live individual of Chrysis scutellaris
Chrysis scutellaris. Museum specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Chrysididae
Genus: Chrysis
Species:
C. scutellaris
Binomial name
Chrysis scutellaris
Fabricius, 1794

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

Subspecies

  • Chrysis scutellaris marteni Linsenmaier, 1951
  • Chrysis scutellaris scutellaris Fabricius, 1794

Description

Chrysis scutellaris can reach a length of 6–9 millimetres (0.24–0.35 in). Head and chest are greenish blue while scutellum and abdomen are mainly golden red. At the rear edge of the third tergite it has 4 teeth.[2]

Biology

Chrysis scutellaris fly from late June to early August. The larvae parasitize solitary wasps (Eumenes pomiformis) and bees (Halictus maculatus).[2]

Distribution and habitat

These quite common wasps can be found in most of Europe and in North Africa (Algeria, Egypt).[2][3] This species prefers warm, open and sandy areas.

References

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


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