Chrysis comparata

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Chrysis comparata
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Chrysis comparata. Museum specimen
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Chrysididae
Genus: Chrysis
Species:
C. comparata
Binomial name
Chrysis comparata

Chrysis comparata is a species of cuckoo wasps (insects in the family Chrysididae).[1]

Subspecies[]

  • Chrysis comparata comparata Lepeletier, 1806
  • Chrysis comparata orientica Linsenmaier, 1959

Description[]

Head and thorax are bluish green. Eyes and antennae are black. The abdomen is golden red, while the basis of the first segment is bluish green. Wings are smoked. The pronotum may be longer than the scutellum.[2]

Biology[]

These wasps mainly parasitize hymenoptera belonging to the species , Hylaeus confusus, and Anthidium manicatum.[2]

Distribution[]

This species can be found in Europe and in the Near East.[2][3]

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