Pleurochrysis (wasp)

Pleurochrysis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Chrysididae
Tribe:	Chrysidini
Genus:	Pleurochrysis ; Bohart, 1966

Last updated January 02, 2026

Pleurochrysis is a genus of cuckoo wasps from the New World, with 36 species distributed from Mexico to Argentina.^[1] One species is a parasitoid of the potter wasp Cyphomenes anisitsii .^[2]

References

↑ Kimsey, L.S., Bohart, R.M. 1990. The Chrysidid Wasps of the World. Oxford University Press. 652 pp.
↑ Auko, Tiago H.; Trad, Bhrenno M.; Silvestre, Rogerio (2014-12-01). "Five new associations of parasitoids in potter wasps (Vespidae, Eumeninae)". Revista Brasileira de Entomologia. 58 (4): 376–378. doi: 10.1590/S0085-56262014005000004 . ISSN 0085-5626.

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

[2] Auko, Tiago H.; Trad, Bhrenno M.; Silvestre, Rogerio (2014-12-01). "Five new associations of parasitoids in potter wasps (Vespidae, Eumeninae)". Revista Brasileira de Entomologia. 58 (4): 376–378. doi: 10.1590/S0085-56262014005000004 . ISSN 0085-5626.

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