Chrysis fulgida

Chrysis fulgida, the ruby-tailed wasp, is a species of cuckoo wasp in the family Chrysididae.

Chrysis fulgida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Chrysididae
Genus: Chrysis
Species:
C. fulgida
Binomial name
Chrysis fulgida
Linnaeus, 1761

Distribution
Chrysis fulgida
Chrysis fulgida

This species has a Palearctic distribution (Europe, Central Asia, China and the Russian Far East). [1][2][3][4]

In Europe it is present in Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France (including Corsica), Spain, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Moldova, Germany, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland, Sweden, Ukraine, Hungary, Great Britain, and Italy (including Sardinia and Sicily). [5]

Description

Chrysis fulgida can reach a body length of about 7–12 mm (0.28–0.47 in) in females, while males can reach about 7–11 mm (0.28–0.43 in).[6] They are brightly colored metallic lustrous cuckoo wasps. Thorax, 1st abdominal tergite, and the head are dark blue or violet-blue; 2nd and 3rd abdominal tergites are golden red. The body is narrow, elongated. [1][2][3][4]

Biology

Flight period extends from May to the end of August. Usually they visit Apiaceae flowers feeding in nectar. They can be found on dead wood (branches and trunks of Populus, Salix, Betula, Quercus) in open biotopes (the edges of forests, clearings, meadows, inland dunes or gardens, in places with dead wood of deciduous trees, often near wooden buildings). [1][2][3][4]

The larvae are nesting parasitoids. They eat larvae of Symmorphus allobrogus, Symmorphus bifasciatus, Symmorphus crassicornis, Symmorphus murarius and possibly Ancistrocerus parietum (Vespidae). [1][2][3][4]

References
  1. Juho Paukkunen, Alexander Berg,Villu Soon, Frode Ødegaard, Paolo Rosa An illustrated key to the cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) of the Nordic and Baltic countries, with description of a new species Sofia: Pensoft Publishers, 2015. - Vol. 548. ISSN 1313-2970
  2. Kunz P.X. (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. (in German)
  3. Rosa P. (2006). I Crisidi della Valle d’Aosta (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). Monografie del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, 6. St. -Pierre, Aosta, 368 pp. (in Italian)
  4. Linsenmaier W. (1997). Die Goldwespen der Schweiz. Veröffentlichungen aus dem Natur-Museum Luzern 9: 1-139. (in German)
  5. "Chrysis fulgida subsp. Fulgida Linnaeus, 1761 | Fauna Europaea".
  6. Insektarium (in Polish)
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