Chrysis scutellaris

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Chrysis scutellaris
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A live individual of Chrysis scutellaris
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Chrysis scutellaris. Museum specimen
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Chrysididae
Genus: Chrysis
Species:
C. scutellaris
Binomial name
Chrysis scutellaris
Fabricius, 1794

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

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Subspecies

Description

Chrysis scutellaris can reach a length of 6–9 millimetres (0.24–0.35 in). Head and chest are greenish blue while scutellum and abdomen are mainly golden red. At the rear edge of the third tergite it has 4 teeth. [2]

Biology

Chrysis scutellaris fly from late June to early August. The larvae parasitize solitary wasps ( Eumenes pomiformis ) and bees ( Halictus maculatus ). [2]

Distribution and habitat

These quite common wasps can be found in most of Europe and in North Africa (Algeria, Egypt). [2] [3] This species prefers warm, open and sandy areas.

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