Hedychrum

Hedychrum
Hedychrum rutilans, female feeding on Mentha sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Chrysididae
Genus: Hedychrum
Latreille, 1806

Hedychrum is a large genus of cuckoo wasps (the family Chrysididae). With roughly 150 species, it is the second largest genus in the family; most species are from the Palaearctic, but they can be found in the Oriental, Afrotropical, Nearctic, and Neotropical regions.[1]

Selected European Species

  • Hedychrum aureicolle Mocsary, 1889
  • Hedychrum chalybaeum Dahlbom, 1854
  • Hedychrum gerstaeckeri Chevrier, 1869
  • Hedychrum longicolle Abeille de Perrin, 1877
  • Hedychrum luculentum Förster, 1853
  • Hedychrum mavromoustakisi Trautmann, 1929
  • Hedychrum micans Lucas, 1849
  • Hedychrum niemelai Linsenmaier, 1959
  • Hedychrum nobile Scopoli, 1763
  • Hedychrum rufipes Du Buysson, 1893
  • Hedychrum rutilans Dahlbom, 1854 (syn. Hedychrum intermedium)
  • Hedychrum tobiasi Kilimnik, 1993
  • Hedychrum virens Dahlbom, 1854
  • Hedychrum viridilineolatum Kilimnik, 1993

References

  1. Kimsey, L.S., Bohart, R.M. 1990. The Chrysidid Wasps of the World. Oxford University Press. 652 pp.
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