Chrysidini

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Chrysidini
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Chrysis inaequalis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Chrysididae
Subfamily: Chrysidinae
Tribe: Chrysidini
Chrysis smaragdula Cuckoo Wasp - Chrysis smaragdula, Leesylvania State Park, Woodbridge, Virginia.jpg
Chrysis smaragdula

Chrysidini is a very large tribe of cuckoo wasps in the subfamily Chrysidinae; this tribe contains more than half of all chrysidid species. [1]

Genera

These genera belong to the tribe Chrysidini:

Data sources: i = ITIS, [3] c = Catalogue of Life, [4] g = GBIF, [5] b = Bugguide.net, [6] w = WaspWeb [7]

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<i>Holopyga</i> Genus of wasps

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References

  1. Kimsey, L.S., Bohart, R.M. 1990. The Chrysidid Wasps of the World. Oxford University Press. 652 pp.
  2. ICZN (1998) Opinion 1906. Euchroeus Latreille, 1809 (Insecta, Hymenoptera): conserved; Chrysis purpurata Fabricius, 1787 (currently Euchroeus purpuratus): specific name conserved; and Chrysis gloriosa Fabricius, 1793: specific name suppressed. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 55(3):194-196
  3. "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System" . Retrieved 2018-05-13.
  4. "Catalogue of Life" . Retrieved 2018-05-13.
  5. "GBIF" . Retrieved 2018-05-13.
  6. "Chrysidini Tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
  7. "Chrysidine wasps of Africa and Madagascar". waspweb.org. Retrieved 2018-05-13.