cuckoo wasp
English
Alternative forms
- cuckoo-wasp
Noun
cuckoo wasp (plural cuckoo wasps)
- Any of the many wasps of the family Chrysididae, that are kleptoparasites or parasitoids and are often brightly coloured.
- 1904, Experiment Station Record, Volume 15, page 280,
- In this volume the author presents an account of the ants and cuckoo wasps.
- 1921, Bulletin of the Boston Society of Natural History, Volumes 25-48, page 133,
- Dr. L. H. Taylor determined the cuckoo-wasps (Chrysididae); Dr. H. T. Fernald the Sphecidae; […] .
- 1904, Experiment Station Record, Volume 15, page 280,
Synonyms
- (any species of family Chrysididae): chrysidid
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