''Chrysis'' is a very large
genus
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of
cuckoo wasp
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, with brilliant metallic colors ...
s (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.
[Kimsey, L.S., Bohart, R.M. 1990. ''The Chrysidid Wasps of the World''. ]Oxford University Press
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. 652 pp. The
generic name is derived from
Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
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''chrysis'', "gold vessel, gold-embroidered dress", and pays tribute to the brilliant metallic appearance of wasps in the genus.
Gallery
File:Chrysididae - Chrysis inaequalis-1.JPG, '' Chrysis inaequalis''
File:Goldwespe.jpg, '' Chrysis cuprea''
File:Chrysis viridula2.jpg, '' Chrysis viridula''
File:Chrysis scutellaris.jpg, '' Chrysis scutellaris''
Selected species
References
Biolib
Bibliography
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Chrysidinae
Hymenoptera genera
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