''Chrysis ruddii'', the ruby-tailed wasp, is a species 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, an insects in the family Chrysididae.Agnoli G.L. & Rosa P.,2018
Chrysis ruddii Shuckart, 1837
In: Chrysis.net Database of the Italian Chrysididae, interim version27 September 2018 . URL: http://www.chrysis.net/database/

Etymology

The species name ''ruddii'' honors the English entomologist Rev.

George Thomas Rudd George Thomas Rudd (c.1795 - 4 March 1847)M. Lawson Thompson, Report on the Coleoptera observed in Cleveland' in Proceedings of the Cleveland Naturalists Field Club 1903-04, p. 186. was an English priest and entomologist mainly interested in Co ...

Subspecies

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include: *''Chrysis ruddii brevimarginata'' Linsenmaier, 1959 *''Chrysis ruddii ruddii'' Shuckard, 1836

Distribution

The species occurs in part of

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(Britain, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Poland, Hungary) and in the

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Habitat

This species especially occurs on dry meadows, forest margins and sun-exposed rock cliffs, at an elevation over above sea level.

Description

''Chrysis ruddii'' can reach a body length of approximately . These wasps are characterized by an intense green or blue coloration, included head, mesosoma and the first and second joints of the geniculate (elbowed)

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e. In the females there are sometimes golden areas. This species shows a long white pubescence, a wide pronotum, a dense punctation on metathorax, a red/bronze coloration on the ventral side of the legs. The collar and the scutellum may be cupreus. The abdomen is minutely punctured, especially on the second gastral tergite, with a carmine pink coloration and a coppery refulgence. This species is rather similar and can be confused with '' Chrysis ignita'', ''

Chrysura hirsuta ''Chrysura hirsuta'', also known as the Northern Osmia ruby-tailed wasp, is a species of parasitic cuckoo wasp within the family Chrysididae. Description ''Chrysura hirsuta'' can range in length from 7 - 11 mm long. The head and mesosoma of th ...

'', '' Chrysis fulgida'' and '' Chrysis rutiliventris''.

Biology

Aduts fly from mid May to September. They mainly visit Apiaceae, feeding on the liquid nectar. The larvae live as parasites of various digger wasps and potter wasps ('' Eumenes unguiculata'', '' Eumenes coarctata'', '' Eumenes unguiculata'', '' Eumenes infundibuliformis'', ''

Ancistrocerus parietum ''Ancistrocerus parietum'' is a species of insects belonging to the family Vespidae. It is native to Europe and North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemispher ...

'', '' Ancistrocerus oviventris'', ''

Ancistrocerus trinauriae ''Ancistrocerus'' is a widely distributed genus of potter wasps present in many biogeographical regions of the world. They are nonpetiolate eumenine wasps with a transverse ridge at the bending summit of the first metasomal tergum and with a ...

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Odynerus spinipes ''Odynerus spinipes'', the spiny mason wasp, is a species of potter wasp from western Europe. It is the type species of the genus '' Odynerus'', being first described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae''. Di ...

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Odynerus reniformis ''Odynerus'' is a primarily Holarctic genus of potter wasps. The name of this genus has been widely used as a root to construct many other genus-level names for potter wasps with non-petiolated metasoma, such as ''Euodynerus'', ''Acarodynerus'', ...

'', ''

Osmia adunca Mason bee is a name now commonly used for species of bees in the genus ''Osmia'', of the family Megachilidae. Mason bees are named for their habit of using mud or other "masonry" products in constructing their nests, which are made in naturally ...

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Osmia caementaria Mason bee is a name now commonly used for species of bees in the genus ''Osmia'', of the family Megachilidae. Mason bees are named for their habit of using mud or other "masonry" products in constructing their nests, which are made in naturally ...

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Osmia spinolae Mason bee is a name now commonly used for species of bees in the genus ''Osmia'', of the family Megachilidae. Mason bees are named for their habit of using mud or other "masonry" products in constructing their nests, which are made in naturally ...

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Osmia ravouxi Mason bee is a name now commonly used for species of bees in the genus ''Osmia'', of the family Megachilidae. Mason bees are named for their habit of using mud or other "masonry" products in constructing their nests, which are made in naturally ...

'' and ''

Anthidium ''Anthidium'' is a genus of bees often called carder or potter bees, who use conifer resin, plant hairs, mud, or a mix of them to build nests. They are in the family Megachilidae which is cosmopolitan in distribution and made up of species that ...

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References

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q14584804 Chrysidinae Insects described in 1837 Hymenoptera of Europe Taxa named by William Edward Shuckard