''Chrysura'' is a genus 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 which parasitize
megachilid
Megachilidae is a cosmopolitan family of mostly solitary bees. Both that their pollen-carrying structure (called a ''scopa'') is restricted to the ventral surface of the abdomen (rather than mostly or exclusively on the hind legs as in other be ...
bees. There are 117 species in ''Chrysura'', all but 11 of which are found in the
Palaearctic,
making it the third largest genus in the family. The genus was described by Dahlbom in 1845, and the
type species for the genus is ''
Chrysura austriaca''.
Selected species
Species within this genus include:
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* '' Chrysura arcadiae'' (Arens, 2001)
* '' Chrysura auropicta'' (Mocsáry, 1889)
* '' Chrysura austriaca'' (Fabricius, 1804)
* '' Chrysura baccha'' (Balthasar, 1953)
* '' Chrysura candens'' (Germar, 1817)
* '' Chrysura ciliciensis'' (Mocsáry, 1914)
* '' Chrysura circe'' (Mocsáry, 1889)
* ''Chrysura cuprea
''Chrysura cuprea'' is a species of cuckoo wasps (insects in the family Chrysididae).
Description
''Chrysura cuprea'' can reach a length of . Body is almost entirely metallic golden-red, only the sides of the rear part of the chest and the leg ...
'' (Rossi, 1790)
* '' Chrysura declinanalis'' (Linsenmaier, 1968)
* '' Chrysura dichroa'' (Dahlbom, 1854)
* '' Chrysura dichropsis'' ( R. du Buysson, 1894)
* '' Chrysura erigone'' (Mocsáry, 1889)
* '' Chrysura fernandezi'' (Linsenmaier, 1993)
* '' Chrysura filiformis'' (Mocsáry, 1889)
* '' Chrysura foveatidorsa'' (Linsenmaier, 1968)
* '' Chrysura graja'' (Mocsáry, 1889)
* ''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 ...
'' (Gerstaecker, 1869)
* '' Chrysura hybrida'' (Lepeletier, 1806)
* '' Chrysura ignifrons'' (Brullé, 1832)
* '' Chrysura isabella'' (Trautmann, 1926)
* '' Chrysura judith'' (Balthasar, 1953)
* '' Chrysura krueperi'' (Mocsáry, 1889)
* '' Chrysura laconiae'' (Arens, 2001)
* '' Chrysura laevigata'' (Abeille de Perrin, 1879)
* '' Chrysura laodamia'' ( R. du Buysson, 1900)
* '' Chrysura lydiae'' (Mocsáry, 1889)
* '' Chrysura magrettii'' (Du Buysson, 1890)
* '' Chrysura mistrasensis'' (Linsenmaier, 1968)
* '' Chrysura moreae'' (Arens, 2001)
* '' Chrysura oraniensis'' (Lucas, 1849)
* '' Chrysura pelopaeicida'' ( R. du Buysson, 1887)
* '' Chrysura pseudodichroa'' (Linsenmaier, 1959)
* '' Chrysura purpureifrons'' (Abeille de Perrin, 1878)
* '' Chrysura pyrogaster'' (Brullé, 1832)
* '' Chrysura radians'' (Harris, 1776)
* ''Chrysura refulgens
''Chrysura refulgens'' is a species of cuckoo wasps (insects in the family Chrysididae).
Description
''Chrysura refulgens'' can reach a length of . It is one of the largest South European ''Chrysura''. Head and chest are metallic bluish, while t ...
'' (Spinola, 1806)
* '' Chrysura rufiventris'' (Dahlbom, 1854)
* '' Chrysura simplex'' (Dahlbom, 1854)
* '' Chrysura simulacra'' (Linsenmaier, 1959)
* '' Chrysura simuldichroa'' (Linsenmaier, 1969)
* '' Chrysura smyrnensis'' (Mocsáry, 1889)
* '' Chrysura sulcata'' (Dahlbom, 1845)
* '' Chrysura trimaculata'' (Förster, 1853)
* '' Chrysura varicornis'' (Spinola, 1838)
References
Chrysidinae
Hymenoptera genera
Taxa named by Anders Gustaf Dahlbom
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