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Hedychrum

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Hedychrum
Hedychrum rutilans, female feeding on Mentha sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Chrysididae
Subfamily: Chrysidinae
Tribe: Elampini
Genus: Hedychrum
Latreille, 1806

Hedychrum is a large genus of cuckoo wasps (the family Chrysididae). With roughly 150 species, it is the second largest genus in the family; most species are from the Palaearctic, but they can be found in the Oriental, Afrotropical, Nearctic, and Neotropical regions.[1] Their hosts are typically from the subfamily Philanthinae. [2]

Selected European species

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References

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  1. ^ Kimsey, L.S., Bohart, R.M. 1990. The Chrysidid Wasps of the World. Oxford University Press. 652 pp.
  2. ^ Wiśiowski, Bogdan (2015), "Hedychrum of Poland (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae)", Cuckoo-wasps of Poland