''Hedychrum'' is a large genus of cuckoo wasps (the family Chrysididae). With roughly 150 species, it is the second largest genus in the family; most species are from the Palaearctic, but they can be found in the

Oriental The Orient is a term for the East in relation to Europe, traditionally comprising anything belonging to the Eastern world. It is the antonym of ''Occident'', the Western World. In English, it is largely a metonym for, and coterminous with, the ...

Afrotropical The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the island ...

, Nearctic, and Neotropical regions. Their hosts are typically from the subfamily Philanthinae.

Selected European species

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Hedychrum aureicolle ''Hedychrum'' is a large genus of cuckoo wasps (the family Chrysididae). With roughly 150 species, it is the second largest genus in the family; most species are from the Palaearctic, but they can be found in the Oriental, Afrotropical, Nearcti ...

'' Mocsary, 1889 * ''

Hedychrum chalybaeum ''Hedychrum'' is a large genus of cuckoo wasps (the family Chrysididae). With roughly 150 species, it is the second largest genus in the family; most species are from the Palaearctic, but they can be found in the Oriental, Afrotropical, Nearcti ...

'' Dahlbom, 1854 * ''

Hedychrum gerstaeckeri ''Hedychrum'' is a large genus of cuckoo wasps (the family Chrysididae). With roughly 150 species, it is the second largest genus in the family; most species are from the Palaearctic, but they can be found in the Indomalayan realm, Oriental, Afro ...

'' Chevrier, 1869 * ''

Hedychrum longicolle ''Hedychrum'' is a large genus of cuckoo wasps (the family Chrysididae). With roughly 150 species, it is the second largest genus in the family; most species are from the Palaearctic, but they can be found in the Oriental, Afrotropical, Nearcti ...

'' Abeille de Perrin, 1877 * ''

Hedychrum luculentum ''Hedychrum'' is a large genus of cuckoo wasps (the family Chrysididae). With roughly 150 species, it is the second largest genus in the family; most species are from the Palaearctic, but they can be found in the Oriental, Afrotropical, Nearcti ...

'' Förster, 1853 * ''

Hedychrum mavromoustakisi ''Hedychrum'' is a large genus of cuckoo wasps (the family Chrysididae). With roughly 150 species, it is the second largest genus in the family; most species are from the Palaearctic, but they can be found in the Oriental, Afrotropical, Nearcti ...

'' Trautmann, 1929 * ''

Hedychrum micans ''Hedychrum'' is a large genus of cuckoo wasps (the family Chrysididae). With roughly 150 species, it is the second largest genus in the family; most species are from the Palaearctic, but they can be found in the Oriental, Afrotropical, Nearcti ...

'' Lucas, 1849 * ''

Hedychrum niemelai ''Hedychrum'' is a large genus of cuckoo wasps (the family Chrysididae). With roughly 150 species, it is the second largest genus in the family; most species are from the Palaearctic, but they can be found in the Oriental, Afrotropical, Nearcti ...

'' Linsenmaier, 1959 * ''

Hedychrum nobile ''Hedychrum nobile'' is a species of cuckoo wasps (insect in the family Chrysididae). Subspecies * ''Hedychrum nobile antigai'' R. du Buysson, 1896 * ''Hedychrum nobile nobile'' (Scopoli, 1763) Description ''Hedychrum nobile'' can reach a ...

'' Scopoli, 1763 * ''

Hedychrum rufipes ''Hedychrum'' is a large genus of cuckoo wasps (the family Chrysididae). With roughly 150 species, it is the second largest genus in the family; most species are from the Palaearctic, but they can be found in the Oriental, Afrotropical, Nearcti ...

'' R. du Buysson, 1893 * '' Hedychrum rutilans'' Dahlbom, 1854 (syn. ''Hedychrum intermedium'') * ''

Hedychrum tobiasi ''Hedychrum'' is a large genus of cuckoo wasps (the family Chrysididae). With roughly 150 species, it is the second largest genus in the family; most species are from the Palaearctic, but they can be found in the Oriental, Afrotropical, Nearcti ...

'' Kilimnik, 1993 * ''

Hedychrum virens ''Hedychrum'' is a large genus of cuckoo wasps (the family Chrysididae). With roughly 150 species, it is the second largest genus in the family; most species are from the Palaearctic, but they can be found in the Oriental, Afrotropical, Nearcti ...

'' Dahlbom, 1854 * ''

Hedychrum viridilineolatum ''Hedychrum'' is a large genus of cuckoo wasps (the family Chrysididae). With roughly 150 species, it is the second largest genus in the family; most species are from the Palaearctic, but they can be found in the Oriental, Afrotropical, Nearcti ...

'' Kilimnik, 1993

Gallery

Hedychrum nobile MHNT profil.jpg, ''

'' Hedychrum intermedium 01.JPG, '' Hedychrum rutilans''

References

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q3129353 Hymenoptera genera Hymenoptera of Europe Chrysidinae