ChrysididaeStilbum cyanurum (Large Cuckoo Wasp)
One of the most colourful of the families in the order Hymenoptera, is the genus Chrysididae, commonly known as the Cuckoo Wasps, Emerald Wasps and Jewel Wasps.
The Chrysididae is a very large cosmopolitan group (with over 3,000 described species) of parasitoid or kleptoparasitic wasps. They have a highly sculptured appearance, with brilliant metallic colours.
They are typically associated with solitary bee and wasp species, and as the term “cuckoo wasp” implies, they lead a parasitic lifestyle, with many species exhibiting behaviour in the host nests similar to that of cuckoos in the nests of their bird hosts.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Hymenoptera
- Superfamily: Chrysidoidea
- Family: Chrysididae
- Subfamily: Amiseginae
- Subfamily: Chrysidinae
- Subfamily: Loboscelidiinae
Footnote & References
- Chrysididae, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/a6966998-1147-4fd4-a7c9-967b8962d537
- Cuckoo wasps, Australian Museum, https://australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/cuckoo-wasps/
- Cuckoo Wasps, Western Australian Museum, https://museum.wa.gov.au/research/collections/terrestrial-zoology/entomology-insect-collection/entomology-factsheets/cuckoo-wasps
- Cuckoo wasp, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuckoo_wasp
ChrysididaeStilbum cyanurum (Large Cuckoo Wasp)
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