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Chrysura

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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,[1] making it the third largest genus in the family.[2] The genus was described by Dahlbom in 1845, and the type species for the genus is Chrysura austriaca.[3]

Selected species

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Species within this genus include:[4]

References

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  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