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Genus of wasps

Chrysura
Chrysura refulgens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Chrysididae
Tribe: Chrysidini
Genus: Chrysura
Dahlbom, 1845
Type species
Chrysura austriaca
(Fabricius, 1804)
Synonyms
  • Monochrysis Lichtenstein, 1876
  • Olochrysis Lichtenstein, 1876
  • Holochrysis Rye, 1878 Emend.
  • Chrysoura Dalla Torre, 1892 Emend.
  • Arctochrysis Haupt, 1956
  • Taeniochrysis Haupt, 1956
  • Selenochrysis Haupt, 1956
  • Ischnochrysis Haupt, 1956
  • Conochrysis Haupt, 1956

Chrysura is a genus of cuckoo wasps which parasitize megachilid bees. There are 117 species in Chrysura, all but 11 of which are found in the Palaearctic, making it the third largest genus in the family. The genus was described by Dahlbom in 1845, and the type species for the genus is Chrysura austriaca.

Selected species

Species within this genus include:

References

  1. Rosa, Paolo; Lotfalizadeh, Hosseinali (2013). "A new species-group of Chrysura Dahlbom, 1845 (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae), with description of Ch. baiocchii sp. nov. from Iran". Zootaxa. 3737 (1).
  2. Kimsey, L.S., Bohart, R.M. 1990. The Chrysidid Wasps of the World. Oxford University Press. 652 pp.
  3. "Genus: Chrysura Dahlbom, 1845". Archived from the original on February 2, 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  4. Biolib
Taxon identifiers
Chrysura
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