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Chrysis Linnaeus

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Chrysidoidea; Family: Chrysididae; Subfamily Chrysidinae)

Chrysis Linnaeus 1761. Type species: Sphex ignita Linnaeus 1758 (Designated by Latreille 1810).
Chrysis alternans Dahlbom, 1854
Chrysis splendens Dahlbom, 1854

Distribution

Worldwide

Biology

 Parasites of bees (Megachilidae) and wasps: Masarinae and Eumeninae (Vespidae); and Sphecidae sensu lato

Diversity

About 1000 described species.

Reference

Linnaeus, C. 1761. Fauna Suecica, i-xlvi + 578 pp. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.

Credits

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