
Chrysidini is a very large
tribe
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to confl ...
of
cuckoo wasp
Commonly known as cuckoo wasps or emerald wasps, the hymenopteran family Chrysididae is a very large cosmopolitan group (over 3000 described species) of parasitoid or kleptoparasitic wasps, often highly sculptured, with brilliant metallic col ...
s in the subfamily
Chrysidinae
The subfamily Chrysidinae contains those species that are most commonly recognized as cuckoo wasps, being by far the largest and most familiar subfamily. The group contains 3000 species with 48 genera worldwide. They are highly sculptured, with br ...
; this tribe contains more than half of all chrysidid species.
Genera
These genera belong to the tribe Chrysidini:
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Allochrysis''
Semenov
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Argochrysis''
Kimsey & Bohart, 1981 g b
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Caenochrysis''
Kimsey & Bohart, 1981 g b
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Ceratochrysis''
Cooper, 1952 g b
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Chrysidea
''Chrysidea'' is a genus of cuckoo wasp
Commonly known as cuckoo wasps or emerald wasps, the hymenopteran family Chrysididae is a very large cosmopolitan group (over 3000 described species) of parasitoid or kleptoparasitic wasps, often high ...
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Bischoff, 1913 g w
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Chrysis''
Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, t ...
, 1761 i c g b w
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Chrysura
''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, making it the third largest genus in the family. The genus was described by Dahl ...
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Dahlbom, 1845 g b w
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Chrysurissa''
Bohart, 1980 b
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Euchroeus''
Latreille, 1809 (= ''Brugmoia''
[ICZN (1998) Opinion 1906. ''Euchroeus'' Latreille, 1809 (Insecta, Hymenoptera): conserved; ''Chrysis purpurata'' Fabricius, 1787 (currently ''Euchroeus purpuratus''): specific name conserved; and ''Chrysis gloriosa'' Fabricius, 1793: specific name suppressed. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 55(3):194-196])
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Exochrysis''
Bohart, 1966 g b
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Gaullea''
Buysson
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Ipsiura''
Linsenmaier, 1959
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Neochrysis''
Linsenmaier, 1959
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Odontochrydium''
Brauns, 1928 w
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Pentachrysis''
Lichtenstein, 1876 g
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Pleurochrysis''
Bohart, 1966
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Praestochrysis''
Linsenmaier, 1959 g w
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Primeuchroeus
''Primeuchroeus'' is a genus of cuckoo wasp found in Australia. The genus contains about 20 species. Like all cuckoo wasps, they are brood parasites
Brood parasites are animals that rely on others to raise their young. The strategy appears a ...
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Linsenmaier, 1968 g w
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Pseudospinolia''
Linsenmaier, 1951 g w
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Spinolia
'' Spinolia'' is a genus of cuckoo wasps belonging to the subfamily Chrysidinae. The name honours Maximilian Spinola Maximilian Spinola ( it, Massimiliano Spinola; July 10, 1780 – November 12, 1857) was an Italian entomology, entomologist.
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Dahlbom, 1854 g
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Spintharina''
Semenov, 1892 g w
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Spintharosoma''
Zimmerman, 1959 w
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Stilbichrysis''
Bischoff, 1910 w
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Stilbum''
Spinola, 1806 g w
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Trichrysis
Trichrysis is a genus of cuckoo wasps, insects in the family Chrysididae.
Description
The body is elongated. The posterior margin of the third tergite of the abdomen shows three small wide teeth.
Species
Species within this genus include: < ...
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Lichtenstein, 1876 g w
Data sources: i = ITIS,[ c = Catalogue of Life,][ g = GBIF,][ b = Bugguide.net,][ w = WaspWeb]
References
Encyclopedia of Life
Hymenoptera tribes
Chrysidinae
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