''Chalybion'' is a genus of blue mud dauber wasps in the family
Sphecidae
The Sphecidae are a Cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan family of wasps of the suborder Apocrita that includes Ammophilinae, sand wasps, mud daubers, and other thread-waisted wasps.
The name Sphecidae was formerly given to a much larger g ...
. ''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'' and ''
Sceliphron''.
Species
There are 49 described species of ''Chalybion'':
* ''
Chalybion accline''
(Kohl, 1918)
* ''
Chalybion ammophiloides''
Hensen, 1988
* ''
Chalybion bengalense''
(Dahlbom, 1845) (Hawaii, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, Socotra, South Africa; introduced in Italy)
* ''
Chalybion bocandei''
(Spinola, 1851)
** ''
Chalybion bocandei bocandei''
(Spinola, 1851) (Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierre Leone)
** ''
Chalybion bocandei aeronitens''
Hensen, 1988 (Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo)
* ''
Chalybion bonneti''
Leclercq, 1966 (Madagascar)
* ''
Chalybion californicum
''Chalybion californicum'', the common blue mud dauber of North America, is a metallic blue species of mud dauber wasp Species description, first described by Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure in 1867. It is not normally aggressive towards human ...
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(de Saussure, 1867) – blue mud dauber (North America; introduced in Croatia)
* ''
Chalybion clypeatum''
(Fairmaire, 1858) (Angola, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Gabon, Mozambique, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo)
** ''
Chalybion clypeatum clypeatum''
(Fairmaire, 1858)
** ''
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)
** ''
Chalybion clypeatum kiloensis''
(Leclercq, 1955) (Democratic Republic of Congo)
* ''
Chalybion dolichothorax''
(Kohl, 1918)
* ''
Chalybion fabricator''
(F. Smith, 1860)
* ''
Chalybion femoratum''
(Fabricius, 1781)
* ''
Chalybion flebile''
(Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845)
* ''
Chalybion frontale''
(Kohl, 1906)
* ''
Chalybion fuscum''
(Lepeletier, 1845) (Madagascar, Sri Lanka)
* ''
Chalybion gracile''
Hensen, 1988
* ''
Chalybion gredleri''
(Kohl, 1918) (Democratic Republic of Congo)
* ''
Chalybion hainanense''
Terayama and Tano, 2018
* ''
Chalybion heinii
''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)
* ''
Chalybion incisum''
Hensen, 1988
* ''
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)
* ''
Chalybion kenyae''
Hensen, 1988 (Kenya)
* ''
Clalybion klapperichi''
(Balthasar, 1957)
* ''
Chalybion laevigatum''
(Kohl, 1888) (Botswana, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zanzibar)
* ''
Chalybion lividum''
Hensen, 1988
* ''
Chalybion madecassum''
(Gribodo, 1883) (Madagascar, Seychelles Islands)
* ''
Chalybion magnum''
Hensen, 1988
* ''
Chalybion malignum''
(Kohl, 1906)
* ''
Chalybion minos''
(de Beaumont, 1965)
* ''
Chalybion mochii''
Hensen, 1988 (Kenya)
* ''
Chalybion ohli''
Dollfuss, 2016
* ''
Chalybion omissum''
(Kohl, 1889)
* ''
Chalybion parvulum''
Hensen, 1988 (Kenya)
* ''
Chalybion petroleum''
Hensen, 1988
* ''
Chalybion planatum''
(Arnold, 1951) (Ethiopia)
* ''
Chalybion polyphemus''
Hensen, 1988
* ''
Chalybion ruficorne''
Hensen, 1988 (Central African Republic)
* ''
Chalybion schulthessirechbergi''
(Kohl, 1918) (Democratic Republic of Congo)
* ''
Chalybion sommereni''
(R.Turner, 1920) (Angola, Kenya, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo)
* ''
Chalybion spinolae''
(Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845)
**''
Chalybion spinolae spinolae''
(Lepeletier, 1845) (Ethiopia, South Africa, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo)
** ''
Chalybion spinolae rufopictum''
Magretti, 1884 (Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mali)
** ''
Chalybion spinolae saussurei''
(Kohl, 1918) (South Africa)
* ''
Chalybion sulawesii''
Ohl and Höhn, 2011
* ''
Chalybion sumatranum''
(Kohl, 1884)
* ''
Chalybion tanvinhense''
Pham, Ohl, and Truong, 2019 g
* ''
Chalybion tibiale''
(Fabricius, 1781) (South Africa)
* ''
Chalybion tomentosum''
Hensen, 1988
* ''
Chalybion triangulum''
Hensen, 1988 (Central African Republic, Gambia, Togo)
* ''
Chalybion turanicum''
(Gussakovskij, 1935)
* ''
Chalybion vechti''
Hensen, 1988
* ''
Chalybion walteri''
(Kohl, 1889)
* ''
Chalybion yangi''
Li, 1995
* ''
Chalybion zimmermanni''
Dahlbom, 1843 (North America)
Data source: g = GBIF,
References
Sphecidae
Taxa named by Anders Gustaf Dahlbom
Apoidea genera
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