''Hedychrum nobile'' 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 ...

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Subspecies

* ''Hedychrum nobile antigai'' R. du Buysson, 1896 * ''Hedychrum nobile nobile'' (Scopoli, 1763)

Description

''Hedychrum nobile'' can reach a length of . Head, scutellum, post scutellum and median segment are blue or green, pronotum, mesonotum and the abdomen are golden purple.

Ecology

These wasps fly from mid-June to September. Usually they prefer sandy habitats and rocky slopes. The main host species of this parasitic wasp is ''

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Bibliography

* Heiko Bellmann: Bienen, Wespen, Ameisen. Hautflügler Mitteleuropas. Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co KG, Stuttgart 1995, . * Rolf Witt: Wespen. Beobachten, Bestimmen. Naturbuch-Verlag, Augsburg 1998, .

References

Chrysididae Hymenoptera of Europe Insects described in 1763 Taxa named by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli {{wasp-stub