Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Chrysididae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Hymenoptera Genus Chrysis | |
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Chrysis comparata is a species of cuckoo wasps (insects in the family Chrysididae).
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Description
Head and thorax are bluish green. Eyes and antennae are black. The abdomen is golden red, while the basis of the first segment is bluish green. Wings are smoked. The pronotum may be longer than the scutellum.
Biology
These wasps mainly parasitize hymenoptera belonging to the species Pemphredon unicolor, Hylaeus confusus, Paranthidiellum lituratum and Anthidium manicatum.
Distribution
This species can be found in Europe and in the Near East.
References
Chrysis comparata Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA