Chalybion | |
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Chalybion japonicum | |
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Chalybion sp. wasp reusing an old nest of Sceliphron sp. Note the different white material used to cap the cells | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Sphecidae |
Subfamily: | Sceliphrinae |
Genus: | Chalybion Dahlbom, 1843 |
Type species | |
Chalybion californicum (Saussure, 1867) | |
Species | |
see text | |
Synonyms | |
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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 cells with paralyzed spiders. They also reuse old nests of other wasps like Trypoxylon and Sceliphron . [1]
There are 49 described species of Chalybion: [2] [3] [4]
Data source: g = GBIF, [10]