Chrysura dichroa
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Chrysididae
Genus: Chrysura
Name
Chrysura dichroa (Dahlbom, 1854) – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Chrysura nitidula Dahlbom, 1845: 7, nomen oblitum, not Chrysis nitidula Fabricius, 1775.
- Chrysis Dahlbom, 1854: 143.
- Chrysis dichroa Dahlbom, 1854: 146.
- Chrysura dichroa: Kimsey and Bohart 1991[1]: 488.
Diagnosis
Length 5–9 mm. The species is easy to differentiate from other North European Chrysura species by its bright red pronotum, mesoscutum and mesoscutellum. The head, mesopleuron, metanotum, propodeum and legs (excluding tarsi) are green or blue, and the metasoma is golden red, as in other species of the genus. The tergites are very densely and finely punctured.
Distribution
Sweden. Very rare. Only one female specimen is known from Västergötland, southern Sweden, collected probably in the 1830s (leg. L. Gyllenhal). – West Palearctic: southern and central Europe, south-eastern Asia (Linsenmaier 1997[2]).
Biology
Habitat: rock mounds, scree formations, rocky outcrops, rock walls and dry meadows, usually in areas with calcareous bedrock (Kunz 1994[3], Linsenmaier 1997[2]). Adults occasionally visit flowers of Apiaceae, Asteraceae and Rosaceae (Linsenmaier 1997[2], Rosa 2004[4], 2006[5]). Flight period: late May to mid-August. Host: species of Osmia Panzer (Megachilidae) which build nests in empty snail shells, primarily Osmia rufohirta (du Buysson 1891[6], Ferton 1905[7], Malyshev 1968[8], Bonelli 1974[9]), but also Osmia aurulenta (Panzer), Osmia versicolor Latreille, Osmia andrenoides Spinola, Osmia spinulosa (Kirby), Osmia ferruginea Latreille and Osmia caerulescens (Linnaeus) (Dalla Torre 1892[10], Ferton 1905[7], Grandi 1959[11], Heinrich 1964[12]).
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
Other References
- ↑ Kimsey L, Bohart R (1991) [1990] The Chrysidid Wasps of the World. Oxford Press, New York, 652 pp.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Linsenmaier W (1997) Die Goldwespen der Schweiz. Veröffentlichungen aus dem Natur-Museum Luzern 9: 1–139.
- ↑ Kunz P (1994) Die Goldwespen (Chrysididae) Baden-Württembergs. Taxonomie, Bestimmung, Verbreitung, Kartierung und Ökologie. – Mit einem Bestimmungsschlüssel für die deutschen Arten. Beihefte zu den Veröffentlichungen für Naturschutz und Landschaftspflege in Baden-Württemberg 77: 1–188.
- ↑ Rosa P (2004) Alcune osservazioni sulle relazioni tra Vegetazione e Crisidi (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) in Italia. Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 11: 79–90.
- ↑ Rosa P (2006) I Crisidi della Valle d’Aosta (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). Monografie del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, 6. St. -Pierre, Aosta, 368 pp.
- ↑ Buysson R (1891–1896) Les Chrysides. In: André E (Ed.) Species des Hyménoptères d’Europe & d’Algerie. Tome Sixième. Vve Dubosclard, Paris, XII + 13–758 + 64 unnumbered pages + 32 pls. (1891) 1–88, (1892) 89–208, (1893) 209–272, (1894) 273–400, (1895) 401–624, (1896) 625–756 + 1*–22*, (1891–1896) 64 unnumbered pages + 32 pls.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Ferton C (1905) Notes détachées sur l’instinct des Hyménoptères mellifères et ravisseurs. (3. Serie). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 74: 56–89.
- ↑ Malyshev S (1968) Genesis of the Hymenoptera and the phases of their evolution. Methuen & Co. Ltd., London, 319 pp.
- ↑ Bonelli B (1974) Osservationi biologiche sugli imenotteri melliferi e predatori della Val di Fiemme (XLI). Studi Trentini di Scienze Naturali 51: 181–198.
- ↑ Dalla Torre C (1892) Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VI: Chrysididae (Tubulifera). Lipsiae, 118 pp.
- ↑ Grandi G (1959) Contributi alla conoscenza degli Imenotteri Aculeati. XXVIII. Bollettino dell’Istituto di Entomologia di Bologna 23: 239–292.
- ↑ Heinrich J (1964) Beitrag zur Hymenopteren-fauna des westlichen Unterfranken. 1. Teil, Chrysididae. Nachrihten des Naturwissenschaftlichen Museums der Stad Aschaffenburg 71: 1–28.
