Chrysura

Chrysura
Chrysura refulgens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Superfamily: Chrysidoidea
Family: Chrysididae
Subfamily: Chrysidinae
Tribe: Chrysidini
Genus: Chrysura
Dahlbom, 1845

Chrysura is a genus of cuckoo wasp which parasitize megachilid bees. There are 117 species in Chrysura, all but 11 of which are found in the Palaearctic.[1] The genus was described by Dahlbom in 1845, and the type species for the genus is Chrysura austriaca.[2] It is the third largest genus in the family Chrysididae.[3]

Selected species

Species within this genus include: [4]

References

  1. ↑ Rosa, Paolo; Lotfalizadeh, Hosseinali (2013). "A new species-group of Chrysura Dahlbom, 1845 (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae), with description of Ch. baiocchii sp. nov. from Iran". Zootaxa. 3737 (1).
  2. ↑ "Genus: Chrysura Dahlbom, 1845". Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  3. ↑ Kimsey, L.S., Bohart, R.M. 1990. The Chrysidid Wasps of the World. Oxford University Press. 652 pp.
  4. ↑ Biolib
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