Hedychrum

Hedychrum
Hedychrum rutilans, female feeding on Mentha sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Chrysididae
Genus: Hedychrum
Latreille, 1806

Hedychrum is a large genus of cuckoo wasps (the family Chrysididae). With roughly 150 species, it is the second largest genus in the family; most species are from the Palaearctic, but they can be found in the Oriental, Afrotropical, Nearctic, and Neotropical regions.[1]

Selected European Species

References

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