Chrysura
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| Genus: | Chrysura Dahlbom, 1845
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Chrysura is a genus of cuckoo wasp which parasitize megachilid bees. There are 117 species in Chrysura, all but 11 of which are found in the Palaearctic.[1] The genus was described by Dahlbom in 1845, and the type species for the genus is Chrysura austriaca.[2] It is the third largest genus in the family Chrysididae.[3]
Selected species
Species within this genus include: [4]
- Chrysura arcadiae (Arens, 2001)
- Chrysura auropicta (Mocsáry, 1889)
- Chrysura austriaca (Fabricius, 1804)
- Chrysura baccha (Balthasar, 1953)
- Chrysura candens (Germar, 1817)
- Chrysura ciliciensis (Mocsáry, 1914)
- Chrysura circe (Mocsáry, 1889)
- Chrysura cuprea (Rossi, 1790)
- Chrysura refulgens (Spinola, 1806)
References
- ^ 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).
- ^ "Genus: Chrysura Dahlbom, 1845". Retrieved 17 November 2013.
- ^ Kimsey, L.S., Bohart, R.M. 1990. The Chrysidid Wasps of the World. Oxford University Press. 652 pp.
- ^ Biolib
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