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| Hedychrum | |
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| Hedychrum rutilans, female feeding on Mentha sp. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Chrysididae |
| Subfamily: | Chrysidinae |
| Tribe: | Elampini |
| Genus: | Hedychrum Latreille, 1806 |
Hedychrum is a large genus of cuckoo wasps (the family Chrysididae). With roughly 150 species, it is the second largest genus in the family; most species are from the Palaearctic, but they can be found in the Oriental, Afrotropical, Nearctic, and Neotropical regions.[1] Their hosts are typically from the subfamily Philanthinae. [2]
Selected European species
[edit]- Hedychrum aureicolle Mocsary, 1889
- Hedychrum chalybaeum Dahlbom, 1854
- Hedychrum gerstaeckeri Chevrier, 1869
- Hedychrum longicolle Abeille de Perrin, 1877
- Hedychrum luculentum Förster, 1853
- Hedychrum mavromoustakisi Trautmann, 1929
- Hedychrum micans Lucas, 1849
- Hedychrum niemelai Linsenmaier, 1959
- Hedychrum nobile Scopoli, 1763
- Hedychrum rufipes R. du Buysson, 1893
- Hedychrum rutilans Dahlbom, 1854 (syn. Hedychrum intermedium)
- Hedychrum tobiasi Kilimnik, 1993
- Hedychrum virens Dahlbom, 1854
- Hedychrum viridilineolatum Kilimnik, 1993
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References
[edit]- ^ Kimsey, L.S., Bohart, R.M. 1990. The Chrysidid Wasps of the World. Oxford University Press. 652 pp.
- ^ Wiśiowski, Bogdan (2015), "Hedychrum of Poland (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae)", Cuckoo-wasps of Poland