Chrysura

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Taxonavigation

Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Chrysididae

Name

Chrysura Dahlbom, 1845 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile

• Chrysura Dahlbom, 1845: 6.
• Holochrysis Rye, 1878: 134.

Note

Diagnostic characters of this genus include the nearly flat and densely punctate frons, the lack of a transverse frontal carina (Figs 201, 202), and the long malar space. Usually the mandible is also toothed subapically (Fig. 202), the proximal flagellomeres of the male are swollen ventrally (Fig. 204) and the pronotum is shorter than the mesoscutellum. The radial cell of the forewing is closed and the posterior margin of T3 is rounded without apical teeth (Figs 206–208). Chrysura is the second largest genus in the tribe Chrysidini. It includes 117 valid species, of which 106 are distributed in the Palearctic Region (Kimsey and Bohart 1991, Rosa and Lotfalizadeh 2013). The hosts consist of solitary bees of the family Megachilidae. The European fauna includes 50 species and several subspecies (Rosa and Soon 2012). Five species have been recorded in the Nordic and Baltic countries (Paukkunen et al. 2014). Species-groups below follow Kimsey and Bohart (1991).

Key to Chrysura species of the Nordic and Baltic countries

Key to Chrysura species of the Nordic and Baltic countries — J. Paukkunen , A. Berg , V. Soon , F. Ødegaard , P. Rosa

1		Mesosoma dorsally bright red    Chrysura dichroa (Dahlbom)
–		Mesosoma entirely blue-green with golden (or rarely coppery) reflections, without red colour    2
2		Head broad ventrally, with nearly parallel malar spaces, width between mandible bases about 1.5 times as long as compound eye (Fig. 201). Mandibles without or with very small subapical tooth. Male with simple antennal segments. Metascutellum evenly rounded, not elevated medially    Chrysis austriaca (Fabricius)
–		Head narrow ventrally, with convergent malar spaces, width between the mandible bases equivalent or slightly longer than length of compound eye (Figs 202). Mandibles with large subapical tooth (Fig. 202). Male with ventrally swollen antennal segments (Fig. 204). Metascutellum medially elevated or relatively rounded    3
3		T3 of female long and ovoid, posterior pit row very weakly developed (Fig. 206). Metascutellum sharply elevated medially (Fig. 205). Punctation of tergites very dense and homogeneous (Fig. 206). Setae on posterior margin of T3 brown    Chrysura trimaculata (Förster)
–		T3 of female short and wide, with distinct pit row posteriorly (Figs 207, 208). Metascutellum relatively rounded, not sharply elevated medially. Punctation of tergites homogeneous or heterogeneous (Figs 207, 208). Setae on posterior margin T3 brown or white    4
4		Punctation of tergites heterogeneous, consisting of large punctures and interspersed small punctures (Fig. 207). Setae on T3 white. Metanotal tooth indistinct. Third antennal segment about 3.5 times as long as broad    Chrysura radians (Harris)
–		Punctation of tergites homogeneous, consisting of only small punctures (Fig. 208). Setae on T3 brown. Metanotal tooth distinct (Fig. 203). Third antennal segment about 3 times as long as broad    Chrysura hirsuta (Gerstaecker)

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

Images

Figure 200. Chrysura radians ♀. Scale 1 mm.  Figures 201–208. Head, frontal view: 201 Chrysura austriaca ♀ 202 Chrysura hirsuta ♀. Metanotal tooth, dorsal view: 203 Chrysura hirsuta ♀. Antenna: 204 Chrysura radians ♂. Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, metanotum and propodeum, lateral view (arrow indicating metascutellum): 205 Chrysura trimaculata ♀. Metasoma, dorsal view: 206 Chrysura trimaculata ♀, 207 Chrysura radians ♀ 208 Chrysura hirsuta ♀. Scale 1 mm.