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Stilbum cyanurum

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Stilbum cyanurum
Stilbum cyanurum. Museum specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Chrysididae
Genus: Stilbum
Species:
S. cyanurum
Binomial name
Stilbum cyanurum
(Förster, 1771)
Synonyms
  • Chrysis cyanura Forster, 1771
  • Chrysis amethystina Fabricius, 1775
  • Chrysis splendida Fabricius, 1775
  • Stilbum splendidum (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Chrysis nobilis Sulzer, 1776
  • Stilbum nobile (Sulzer, 1776)
  • Chrysis punctatissima Villers, 1789
  • Stilbum wesmaeli Dahlbom, 1845[1]
  • Chrysis spinolae Montrouzier, 1864
  • Stilbum variolatum Costa, 1864
  • Stilbum siculum Tournier, 1878
  • Stilbum cyanurum leveillei Buysson, 1891
  • Stilbum cyanurum macedonicum Trautmann, 1926
  • Stilbum calens ab. subcalens Mader, 1933 Unav.[1]
  • Stilbum cyanurum parcepunctatum Mader, 1933
  • Stilbum pacificum Linsenmaier, 1951
  • Stilbum calens subcalens Linsenmaier, 1959[1]
  • Stilbum cyanurum sokotranum Linsenmaier, 1987

Stilbum cyanurum, is a large Old World species of cuckoo wasps (insects in the family Chrysididae).[2][3]

Description

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Stilbum cyanurum can reach a length of about 20 millimetres (0.79 in).[4] The colour range of this widespread species is considerable, with typical specimens mostly bluish green to bluish-violet, but varying to reddish gold.[5]

Biology

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These wasps lay their eggs in the nests of various potter wasps (Delta unguiculatum, Katamenes arbustorum), sphecid wasps (Sceliphron caementarium, Sceliphron destillatorium and Sceliphron madraspatanum), and megachilid bees (Megachile).

Distribution

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This widespread species is present in southern Europe, North Africa, the Afrotropical Region, Australian Region, East Palearctic ecozone, Near East, and Oriental Region.[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Rosa P, Vårdal H (2015) An annotated catalogue of the types of Chrysididae (Hymenoptera) at the Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, with brief historical notes. ZooKeys 495: 79-132. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.495.9356
  2. ^ Biolib
  3. ^ Australian Department of Environment
  4. ^ Brisbane Insects
  5. ^ a b Chrysis.net
  6. ^ Fauna europaea