Chrysis iris (Latin) is a type of wasps of the genus Chrysis from the subfamily Chrysidinae .
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 | The shiny wasp Chrysis iris . |
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Spread
Western Palaearctic . Europe [1] , including:
- Baltic states: Latvia , Lithuania , Estonia , as well as Denmark , Finland , Sweden .
Description
Kleptoparazity wasps: Symmorphus allobrogus , S. crassicornis , S. murarius (genus Symmorphus , family Vespidae ). They are found on dead wood (branches and trunks of Populus , Salix , Betula ) in the following open biotopes: forest edges, glades, gardens, and timber constructions. Visit the flowers of various plants. Period of flight: May - August. Length - 7-13 mm. Brightly colored metallic shiny wasps: the body is mostly blue or greenish blue, similar in color to the Chrysis indigotea species. Females often have a greenish-golden reflections on the mesoscine, mesoscullum and in front of the pronotum. The body is narrow, elongated [1] [2] [3] [4] . The species was first described in 1791 by German naturalist, gardener and pastor Johann Ludwig Christ , 1739 - 1813. Previously, some authors of this species appeared under the names Chrysis nitidula (of the authors, not Fabricius, 1775) or Chrysis purpurata (of the authors, not Fabricius, 1787) [1] [5] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Juho Paukkunen, Alexander Berg, Villu Soon, Frode Ødegaard, Paolo Rosa. An example of the Hypoptera, Chrysididae of the Nordic and Baltic countries, ZooKeys: Journal. - Sofia: Pensoft Publishers, 2015. - Vol. 548. - P. 1-116. - ISSN 1313-2970 .
- ↑ Kunz PX (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.
- ↑ Rosa P. (2006). I Crisidi della Valle d'Aosta (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). Monografie del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, 6. St. -Pierre, Aosta, 368 pp.
- ↑ Linsenmaier W. (1997). Die Goldwespen der Schweiz. Veröffentlichungen aus dem Natur-Museum Luzern 9: 1–139.
- ↑ Johann Ludwig Christ. 1791. Naturgeschichte, Klassification und Nomenclatur der Insekten vom Bienen, Wespen und Ameisengeschlecht .
Literature
- Key to insects of the European part of the USSR. T. III. Hymenoptera. The first part // Suborder Apocrita - Stem-gander ( Arnoldi K.V. et al.) / Under total. ed. G.S. Medvedev . - L .: Science, 1978. - p. 67-70. - 584 s. - (Determinants on the fauna of the USSR, published by the Zoological Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR ; vol. 119). - 3500 copies
Links
- Chrysis - chrysis.net (English) (Verified December 25, 2015) .
- Chrysis - Fauna Europaea (English) (checked December 25, 2015)
- Chrysis - BioLib (Eng.) (Tested 25 December 2015)