''Chalybion'' is a genus of blue mud dauber wasps in the family
Sphecidae
The Sphecidae are a cosmopolitan family of wasps of the suborder Apocrita that includes sand wasps, mud daubers, and other thread-waisted wasps.
The name Sphecidae was formerly given to a much larger grouping of wasps. This was found to be p ...
. ''Chalybion'' species nest in a wide range of natural and artificial cavities such as holes in wood, walls, plant stems, etc., where they typically provision their brood cells with paralyzed spiders. They also reuse old nests of other wasps like ''
Trypoxylon
''Trypoxylon'' is a genus of wasps in the family Crabronidae. All ''Trypoxylon'' species that have been studied so far are active hunters of spiders, which they paralyse with a venomous sting, to provide as food to their developing larvae. Depe ...
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Sceliphron
''Sceliphron'', also known as black mud daubers or black mud-dauber wasps, is a genus of Hymenoptera of the Sphecidae family of wasps. They are solitary mud daubers and build nests made of mud. Nests are frequently constructed in shaded niches, o ...
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Species
There are 49 described species of ''Chalybion'':
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Chalybion accline''
(Kohl, 1918)
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Chalybion ammophiloides''
Hensen, 1988
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Chalybion bengalense''
(Dahlbom, 1845) (Hawaii, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, Socotra, South Africa; introduced in Italy)
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Chalybion bocandei''
(Spinola, 1851)
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Chalybion bocandei bocandei''
(Spinola, 1851) (Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierre Leone)
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Chalybion bocandei aeronitens''
Hensen, 1988 (Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo)
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Chalybion bonneti
''Chalybion'' is a genus of blue mud dauber wasps in the family Sphecidae. ''Chalybion'' species nest in a wide range of natural and artificial cavities such as holes in wood, walls, plant stems, etc., where they typically provision their brood ...
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Leclercq, 1966 (Madagascar)
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Chalybion californicum
''Chalybion californicum'', the common blue mud dauber of North America, is a metallic blue species of mud dauber wasp first described by Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure in 1867. It is not normally aggressive towards humans. It is similar in ...
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(de Saussure, 1867) – blue mud dauber (North America; introduced in Croatia)
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Chalybion clypeatum''
(Fairmaire, 1858) (Angola, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Gabon, Mozambique, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo)
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Chalybion clypeatum clypeatum
''Chalybion'' is a genus of blue mud dauber wasps in the family Sphecidae. ''Chalybion'' species nest in a wide range of natural and artificial cavities such as holes in wood, walls, plant stems, etc., where they typically provision their brood ...
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(Fairmaire, 1858)
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Chalybion clypeatum lusingi
''Chalybion'' is a genus of blue mud dauber wasps in the family Sphecidae. ''Chalybion'' species nest in a wide range of natural and artificial cavities such as holes in wood, walls, plant stems, etc., where they typically provision their brood ...
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(Leclercq, 1955) (Democratic Republic of Congo)
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Chalybion clypeatum kiloensis
''Chalybion'' is a genus of blue mud dauber wasps in the family Sphecidae. ''Chalybion'' species nest in a wide range of natural and artificial cavities such as holes in wood, walls, plant stems, etc., where they typically provision their brood ...
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(Leclercq, 1955) (Democratic Republic of Congo)
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Chalybion dolichothorax
''Chalybion'' is a genus of blue mud dauber wasps in the family Sphecidae. ''Chalybion'' species nest in a wide range of natural and artificial cavities such as holes in wood, walls, plant stems, etc., where they typically provision their brood ...
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(Kohl, 1918)
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Chalybion fabricator
''Chalybion'' is a genus of blue mud dauber wasps in the family Sphecidae. ''Chalybion'' species nest in a wide range of natural and artificial cavities such as holes in wood, walls, plant stems, etc., where they typically provision their brood ...
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(F. Smith, 1860)
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Chalybion femoratum
''Chalybion'' is a genus of blue mud dauber wasps in the family Sphecidae. ''Chalybion'' species nest in a wide range of natural and artificial cavities such as holes in wood, walls, plant stems, etc., where they typically provision their brood ...
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(Fabricius, 1781)
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Chalybion flebile
''Chalybion flebile'' is a species of mud dauber wasps belonging to the family Sphecidae.
Description
''Chalybion flebile'' can reach a length of in the males, of in the females. Head, thorax and abdomen are metallic blue-green. Antennae are ...
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(Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845)
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Chalybion frontale
''Chalybion'' is a genus of blue mud dauber wasps in the family Sphecidae. ''Chalybion'' species nest in a wide range of natural and artificial cavities such as holes in wood, walls, plant stems, etc., where they typically provision their brood ...
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(Kohl, 1906)
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Chalybion fuscum
''Chalybion'' is a genus of blue mud dauber wasps in the family Sphecidae. ''Chalybion'' species nest in a wide range of natural and artificial cavities such as holes in wood, walls, plant stems, etc., where they typically provision their brood ...
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(Lepeletier, 1845) (Madagascar, Sri Lanka)
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Chalybion gracile
''Chalybion'' is a genus of blue mud dauber wasps in the family Sphecidae. ''Chalybion'' species nest in a wide range of natural and artificial cavities such as holes in wood, walls, plant stems, etc., where they typically provision their brood ...
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Hensen, 1988
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Chalybion gredleri
''Chalybion'' is a genus of blue mud dauber wasps in the family Sphecidae. ''Chalybion'' species nest in a wide range of natural and artificial cavities such as holes in wood, walls, plant stems, etc., where they typically provision their brood ...
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(Kohl, 1918) (Democratic Republic of Congo)
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Chalybion hainanense
''Chalybion'' is a genus of blue mud dauber wasps in the family Sphecidae. ''Chalybion'' species nest in a wide range of natural and artificial cavities such as holes in wood, walls, plant stems, etc., where they typically provision their brood ...
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Terayama and Tano, 2018
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Chalybion heinii''
(Kohl, 1906)
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Chalybion incisum''
Hensen, 1988
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Chalybion japonicum
''Chalybion'' is a genus of blue mud dauber wasps in the family Sphecidae. ''Chalybion'' species nest in a wide range of natural and artificial cavities such as holes in wood, walls, plant stems, etc., where they typically provision their brood ...
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(Gribodo, 1880) (China, Japan, Ryukyu Islands, South Korea, Tanzania, Thailand)
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Chalybion kenyae''
Hensen, 1988 (Kenya)
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Clalybion klapperichi''
(Balthasar, 1957)
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Chalybion laevigatum''
(Kohl, 1888) (Botswana, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zanzibar)
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Chalybion lividum''
Hensen, 1988
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Chalybion madecassum''
(Gribodo, 1883) (Madagascar, Seychelles Islands)
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Chalybion magnum''
Hensen, 1988
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Chalybion malignum''
(Kohl, 1906)
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Chalybion minos''
(de Beaumont, 1965)
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Chalybion mochii''
Hensen, 1988 (Kenya)
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Chalybion ohli''
Dollfuss, 2016
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Chalybion omissum''
(Kohl, 1889)
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Chalybion parvulum''
Hensen, 1988 (Kenya)
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Chalybion petroleum''
Hensen, 1988
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Chalybion planatum''
(Arnold, 1951) (Ethiopia)
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Chalybion polyphemus''
Hensen, 1988
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Chalybion ruficorne''
Hensen, 1988 (Central African Republic)
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Chalybion schulthessirechbergi''
(Kohl, 1918) (Democratic Republic of Congo)
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Chalybion sommereni''
(R.Turner, 1920) (Angola, Kenya, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo)
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Chalybion spinolae''
(Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845)
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Chalybion spinolae spinolae''
(Lepeletier, 1845) (Ethiopia, South Africa, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo)
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Chalybion spinolae rufopictum''
Magretti, 1884 (Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mali)
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Chalybion spinolae saussurei''
(Kohl, 1918) (South Africa)
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Chalybion sulawesii''
Ohl and Höhn, 2011
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Chalybion sumatranum''
(Kohl, 1884)
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Chalybion tanvinhense''
Pham, Ohl, and Truong, 2019 g
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Chalybion tibiale''
(Fabricius, 1781) (South Africa)
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Chalybion tomentosum''
Hensen, 1988
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Chalybion triangulum''
Hensen, 1988 (Central African Republic, Gambia, Togo)
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Chalybion turanicum''
(Gussakovskij, 1935)
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Chalybion vechti''
Hensen, 1988
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Chalybion walteri''
(Kohl, 1889)
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Chalybion yangi''
Li, 1995
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Chalybion zimmermanni''
Dahlbom, 1843 (North America)
Data source: g = GBIF,
References
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Sphecidae
Taxa named by Anders Gustaf Dahlbom