Hedychrum nobile
| Hedychrum nobile | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Chrysididae |
| Genus: | Hedychrum |
| Species: | H. nobile |
| Binomial name | |
| Hedychrum nobile Scopoli, 1763 | |
Hedychrum nobile is a species of cuckoo wasp (the family Chrysididae). [1]
Hedychrum nobile. Museum specimen
Subspecies
- Hedychrum nobile antigai Du Buysson, 1896
- Hedychrum nobile nobile (Scopoli, 1763)
Description
Hedychrum nobile can reach a length of 4–9 millimetres (0.16–0.35 in). Head, scutellum, post scutellum and median segment are blue or green, pronotum, mesonotum and the abdomen are golden purple.
Ecology
These wasps fly from mid-June to September. Usually they prefer sandy habitats and rocky slopes. The main host species of this parasitic wasp is Cerceris arenaria.[1]
Distribution
This species can be found in Austria, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, in the East Palearctic ecozone and in North Africa.[2][3]
Bibliography
- Heiko Bellmann: Bienen, Wespen, Ameisen. Hautflügler Mitteleuropas. Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co KG, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-440-09690-4.
- Rolf Witt: Wespen. Beobachten, Bestimmen. Naturbuch-Verlag, Augsburg 1998, ISBN 3-89440-243-1.
References
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