''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
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
Th ...
,
making it the third largest genus in the family. The genus was described by Dahlbom in 1845, and the
type species
In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...
for the genus is ''
Chrysura austriaca''.
Selected species
Species within this genus include:
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* '' 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 declinanalis'' (Linsenmaier, 1968)
* ''Chrysura dichroa
''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 ...
'' (Dahlbom, 1854)
* '' Chrysura dichropsis'' ( R. du Buysson, 1894)
* '' Chrysura erigone'' (Mocsáry, 1889)
* '' Chrysura fernandezi'' (Linsenmaier, 1993)
* '' Chrysura filiformis'' (Mocsáry, 1889)
* '' Chrysura foveatidorsa'' (Linsenmaier, 1968)
* '' Chrysura graja'' (Mocsáry, 1889)
* ''Chrysura hirsuta
''Chrysura hirsuta'', also known as the Northern Osmia ruby-tailed wasp, is a species of parasitic cuckoo wasp within the family Chrysididae.
Description
''Chrysura hirsuta'' can range in length from 7 to 11 mm long. The head and mesosom ...
'' (Gerstaecker, 1869)
* ''Chrysura hybrida
''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 ...
'' (Lepeletier, 1806)
* ''Chrysura ignifrons
''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 ...
'' (Brullé, 1832)
* ''Chrysura isabella
''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 ...
'' (Trautmann, 1926)
* ''Chrysura judith
''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 ...
'' (Balthasar, 1953)
* ''Chrysura krueperi
''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 ...
'' (Mocsáry, 1889)
* '' Chrysura laconiae'' (Arens, 2001)
* '' Chrysura laevigata'' (Abeille de Perrin, 1879)
* '' Chrysura laodamia'' ( R. du Buysson, 1900)
* '' Chrysura lydiae'' (Mocsáry, 1889)
* '' Chrysura magrettii'' (Du Buysson, 1890)
* '' Chrysura mistrasensis'' (Linsenmaier, 1968)
* '' Chrysura moreae'' (Arens, 2001)
* '' Chrysura oraniensis'' (Lucas, 1849)
* '' Chrysura pelopaeicida'' ( R. du Buysson, 1887)
* '' Chrysura pseudodichroa'' (Linsenmaier, 1959)
* '' Chrysura purpureifrons'' (Abeille de Perrin, 1878)
* '' Chrysura pyrogaster'' (Brullé, 1832)
* '' Chrysura radians'' (Harris, 1776)
* ''Chrysura refulgens
''Chrysura refulgens'' is a species of cuckoo wasps (insects in the family Chrysididae).
Description
''Chrysura refulgens'' can reach a length of . It is one of the largest South European ''Chrysura''. Head and chest are metallic bluish, while t ...
'' (Spinola, 1806)
* '' Chrysura rufiventris'' (Dahlbom, 1854)
* '' Chrysura simplex'' (Dahlbom, 1854)
* '' Chrysura simulacra'' (Linsenmaier, 1959)
* '' Chrysura simuldichroa'' (Linsenmaier, 1969)
* '' Chrysura smyrnensis'' (Mocsáry, 1889)
* ''Chrysura sulcata
''Chrysura'' is a genus of cuckoo wasps which parasitize Megachilidae, 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 descr ...
'' (Dahlbom, 1845)
* '' Chrysura trimaculata'' (Förster, 1853)
* '' Chrysura varicornis'' (Spinola, 1838)
References
Chrysidinae
Hymenoptera genera
Taxa named by Anders Gustaf Dahlbom
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