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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Cuckoo Wasps & allies (Chrysidoidea) » Cuckoo Wasps (Chrysididae) » Chrysidinae » Chrysidini » Chrysis

Genus Chrysis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Chrysididae: Chrysis? - Chrysis - female Chrysidid - Chrysis Jeweled Green bug - Chrysis Cuckoo Wasps (Chrysididae) - Chrysis angolensis Hymenptera. Chrysididae. Chrysis? - Chrysis Cuckoo wasp? - Chrysis angolensis Chrysididae Wasp - Chrysis angolensis cuckoo wasp - Chrysis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Chrysidoidea (Cuckoo Wasps & allies)
Family Chrysididae (Cuckoo Wasps)
Subfamily Chrysidinae
Tribe Chrysidini
Genus Chrysis
Explanation of Names
Chrysis Linnaeus 1761
Numbers
77 spp. in our area(1), 50 spp. in CA(2), ~1000 currently recognized species worldwide (about half of the spp. in the family)(3)
Size
6‒12 mm
Identification
Four or more teeth on the last visible abdominal tergite. Important for species identification are: the sculpturing of the face and mesopleuron, the shape of lateral propodeal tooth, and the shape & number of teeth on apical tergite
Range
worldwide, mostly Old World(3)
Life Cycle
nest parasites of Crabronidae, Sphecidae, Megachilidae, Anthophoridae, and Eumeninae(2)
Remarks
"...paraphyletic genus <with> no definitive diagnostic features other than the lack of those characteristic of other chrysidine genera"(2)
Internet References
Taxon page [data from(3)]
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
2.California Cuckoo Wasps in the Family Chrysididae (Hymenoptera)
Lynn S. Kimsey. 2006. UC Press.
3.The chrysidid wasps of the world
Kimsey L.S., Bohart R.M. 1990. Oxford University Press. 652 pp.
Contributed by Cotinis on 18 October, 2004 - 11:23pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, kschnei, v belov
Last updated 1 September, 2023 - 9:14pm

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