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Chrysidini

Chrysidine wasps of Africa and Madagascar

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

Classification

  Brugmoia
  Chrysidea
Chrysis Linnaeus, 1761
  Chrysura
  Odontochrydium
  Praestochrysis
  Primeuchroeus
  Pseudospinolia
  Spintharina
  Spintharosoma
  Stilbichrysis
  Stilbum
 

Trichrysis

Distribution Worldwide
Biology Parasites of solitary bees and wasps.
Diversity In excess of 1200 described species in 24 genera.

References

Kimsey LS, Bohart RM (1990) The Chrysidid Wasps of the World. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Credits

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