CHRYSIDIDAE Latreille, 1802
(rubytail or cuckoo-wasps)

CHRYSIDIDAE (rubytail or cuckoo-wasps) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

CHRYSIDIDAE (rubytail or cuckoo-wasps) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Chrysis
ruby-tailed wasps
Genus 14 subtaxa 23 trophisms 3 references
Chrysura hirsuta
Northern Osmia Ruby-tailed Wasp
Species 2 trophisms
Chrysura radians
a rubytail wasp
Species 1 trophisms
Cleptes nitidulus
a rubytail wasp
Species 1 trophisms
Cleptes semiauratus
a rubytail wasp
Species 1 trophisms
Elampus panzeri
a rubytail wasp
Species 1 trophisms
Hedychridium
a genus of rubytail wasps
Genus 3 subtaxa 5 trophisms 1 references
Hedychrum
a genus of hymenopterans
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms 2 references
Omalus
a genus of rubytail wasps
Genus 2 subtaxa 2 trophisms
Pseudomalus auratus
a rubytail wasp
Species 5 trophisms
Pseudomalus violaceus
a rubytail wasp
Species 1 trophisms
Pseudospinolia neglecta
a rubytail wasp
Species 2 trophisms
Trichrysis cyanea
a rubytail wasp
Species 1 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyCHRYSIDIDAE (rubytail or cuckoo-wasps)
SuperfamilyCHRYSIDOIDEA (a superfamily of solitary wasps)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for CHRYSIDIDAE (rubytail or cuckoo-wasps)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Berland, L. & Bernard, F. 1938 *** Hyménoptères Vespiformes III (Cleptidae, Chrysidae, Trigonalidae) ***(Superseded) Faune de France, Faune No 34, 146pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel
Falk, S. Hymenoptera (bees, wasps, ants and relatives) www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/collections/72157629294459686/
Gogala, A. 2016 Zlate ose Slovenije (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) - Cuckoo wasps of Slovenia (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) Scopolia: Revija Prirodoslovnega muzeja Slovenije 88.
Linsenmaier, W. 1997 Die goldwespen der Schweiz 140pp
Morgan, D. 1984 Cuckoo-Wasps: Hymenoptera, Chrysididae Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 6. Part 5, 37pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Paukkunen, J., Berg, A., Soon, V., Ødegaard, F. & Rosa, P. 2015 An illustrated key to the cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) of the Nordic and Baltic countries, with description of a new species ZooKeys Vol 548: 1-116.

CHRYSIDIDAE (rubytail or cuckoo-wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to CHRYSIDIDAE (rubytail or cuckoo-wasps):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 35 images of CHRYSIDIDAE (rubytail or cuckoo-wasps)
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