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Genus Argochrysis

Purple and green metallic bee - Argochrysis

Argochrysis litura Bohart - Argochrysis litura - female

Maybe Argochrysis mesillae? - Argochrysis - female

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 Argochrysis

Explanation of Names

Argochrysis Kimsey & Bohart 1980

Numbers

15 spp., all in our area(1)

Range

nearctic (mostly western) genus(1)

Food

hosts: Ammophila(1)

Works Cited

1.	California Cuckoo Wasps in the Family Chrysididae (Hymenoptera) Lynn S. Kimsey. 2006. UC Press.

Contributed by George Waldren on 15 January, 2008 - 5:39pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 22 April, 2016 - 3:45pm

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