Chrysis pulcherrima
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Chrysididae
Genus: Chrysis
Name
Chrysis pulcherrima Lepeletier, 1806 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Chrysis pulcherrima Lepeletier, 1806: 127.
Diagnosis
Length 6–8 mm. The species resembles Chrysis viridula by its colouration, but the head is dorsally partially red (not blue or green) in the female and occasionally also in the male. The mesosoma is dorsally red, as in Chrysis viridula, but the mesoscutum is medially green or blue in the male. The setae medially on the metatibia are shorter than the width of the tibia (Fig. 165) (not longer, as in Chrysis viridula).
Distribution
Denmark. Very rare. Only one female specimen is known from the island of Lolland (Strandby, 2.VIII.1919, leg. L. Jørgensen). – West Palearctic: southern Europe (Linsenmaier 1959[1]).
Biology
Habitat: sparsely vegetated sandy areas. Flowers of Apiaceae are occasionally visited by adults (Mingo 1994[2], Rosa 2004[3]). Flight period: June to August. Host: unknown. According to Linsenmaier (1959)[1], one female (of ssp. similitudina Linsenmaier, 1959) was found in a colony of Cerceris rubida (Jurine) (Crabronidae).
Taxon Treatment
- Paukkunen, J; Berg, A; Soon, V; Ødegaard, F; Rosa, P; 2015: An illustrated key to the cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) of the Nordic and Baltic countries, with description of a new species ZooKeys, (548): 1-116. doi
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Other References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Linsenmaier W (1959) Revision der Familie Chrysididae (Hymenoptera) mit besonderer Brücksichtigung der europäischen Spezies. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 32: 1–232.
- ↑ Mingo E (1994) Hymenoptera Chrysididae. Fauna Iberica, Vol. 6. Museo Nacional de Cencias Naturales Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Madrid, 256 pp.
- ↑ Rosa P (2004) Alcune osservazioni sulle relazioni tra Vegetazione e Crisidi (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) in Italia. Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 11: 79–90.
