Distribution
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Afrotropical, but accidentally introduced worldwide, with the exception
of Europe, as a result of the species' habit of
parasitizing mud nests of crabronids, sphecids, and vespids built on
anthropogenic structures, particularly sailing ships (Kimsey & Bohart,
1990; Kimsey, 2006; Ramage & Kimsey 2015). |
Biology
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Nest parasite of
Sceliphron Klug, 1801 (Sphecidae) and
Eumenes Latreille, 1802 (Vespidae) species (Kimsey & Bohart,
1990; Kimsey, 2006; Ramage & Kimsey 2015) |
References
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Kimsey L.S. 2006. California Cuckoo Wasps of the
Family Chrysididae (Hymenoptera). University of California
Publications in Entomology 125: 1311.
Kimsey LS & Bohart RM 1990. The Chrysidid Wasps of the World. Oxford
University Press, Oxford. 652 pp.
Ramage, T. & Kimsey, L.S. 2015.
The Aculeata of French Polynesia. IV. First record of Chrysis
angolensis (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). Bulletin de la Société
entomologique de France 120: 209-211. |
Credits
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Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
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