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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 » Elampini » Hedychrum

Genus Hedychrum

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
Cuckoo wasp? - Hedychrum Cuckoo Wasp - Hedychrum Cuckoo wasp - Hedychrum violaceum Cuckoo Wasp - Hedychrum Chrysidinae? - Hedychrum Cuckoo wasp on Solidago gigantea - Hedychrum Hedychrum Cuckoo Wasp - Hedychrum
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 Elampini
Genus Hedychrum
Explanation of Names
Hedychrum Latreille 1802
Numbers
9 spp. in our area(1), ~150 spp. worldwide(2)

Hedychrum boharti French(w US, nw MEX)
Hedychrum confusum Buysson (widespread Nearctic)
Hedychrum cupricolle Cresson (USA, s CAN)
Hedychrum nigropilosum Mocsary (sw CAN, w USA, nw MEX)
Hedychrum parvum Aaron (widespread Nearctic)
Hedychrum punctum French (e USA)
Hedychrum spiloventer French (w USA, MEX)
Hedychrum violaceum Brulle (widespread USA)
Hedychrum wiltii Cresson (w USA)
Range
much of the world, ~90% of the spp. in the Old World(2)
Food
known hosts: Philanthinae(2)
Internet References
Taxon page [data from(2)]
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
2.The chrysidid wasps of the world
Kimsey L.S., Bohart R.M. 1990. Oxford University Press. 652 pp.
Contributed by v belov on 22 October, 2009 - 1:23pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Bbarnd
Last updated 19 December, 2021 - 5:57pm

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