Chrysis (genus)

Chrysis
Chrysis ignita on Chrysosplenium alternifolium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Chrysididae
Subfamily:	Chrysidinae
Tribe:	Chrysidini
Genus:	Chrysis Linnaeus, 1767

Chrysis is a very large genus of cuckoo wasps (the family Chrysididae). It is the largest genus in the family, including over 1,000 species, as large as the rest of the Chrysididae together.^[1] The generic name is derived from Greek chrysis, "gold vessel, gold-embroidered dress", and pays tribute to the brilliant metallic appearance of wasps in the genus.

Gallery

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  Chrysis inaequalis

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  Chrysis cuprea

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  Chrysis viridula

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  Chrysis scutellaris

Selected species

Chrysis adipata Linsenmaier, 1997 Chrysis aestiva Dahlbom, 1854 Chrysis agilis Smith, 1874 Chrysis albanica Trautmann, 1927 Chrysis amasina Mocsáry, 1889 Chrysis ambigua Radoszkowski, 1891 Chrysis analis Spinola, 1808 Chrysis andradei Linsenmaier, 1959 Chrysis angolensis Radoszkowski, 1881 Chrysis angustifrons Abeille de Perrin, 1878 Chrysis angustula Schenck, 1856 Chrysis annulata Du Buysson, 1887 Chrysis anoma Bohart, 1991 Chrysis atraclypeata Linsenmaier, 1968 Chrysis atrocomitata Linsenmaier, 1993 Chrysis auriceps Mader, 1936 Chrysis aurotecta Abeille de Perrin, 1878 Chrysis ausae Bohart, 1985 Chrysis australis Bohart, 1985 Chrysis balearica Linsenmaier, 1968 Chrysis berlandi Linsenmaier, 1959 Chrysis bicolor Lepeletier, 1806 Chrysis bipartita Smith, 1874 Chrysis blanchardi Lucas, 1849 Chrysis brevicollis Linsenmaier, 1987 Chrysis breviradialis Linsenmaier, 1968 Chrysis brevitarsis Thomson, 1870 Chrysis bytinskii Linsenmaier, 1959 Chrysis caeruliventris Abeille de Perrin, 1878 Chrysis calimorpha Mocsáry, 1882 Chrysis calpensis Du Buysson, 1896 Chrysis canaria Linsenmaier, 1959 Chrysis caspiensis Linsenmaier, 1959 Chrysis castiliana Linsenmaier, 1968 Chrysis castillana Du Buysson, 1894 Chrysis cerastes Abeille de Perrin, 1877 Chrysis chalcea Móczáry, 1965 Chrysis chinensis Mocsáry, 1912 Chrysis chlorospila Klug, 1845 Chrysis chrysoprasina Förster, 1853 Chrysis chrysoscutalla Linsenmaier, 1959 Chrysis chrysostigma Mocsáry, 1889 Chrysis chrysoviolacea Linsenmaier, 1968 Chrysis cingulicornis Foerster, 1853 Chrysis clivosa Linsenmaier, 1959 Chrysis coa Invrea, 1939 Chrysis cohaerea Linsenmaier, 1959 Chrysis comitata Linsenmaier, 1968 Chrysis comparata Lepeletier, 1806 Chrysis comta Förster, 1853 Chrysis consanguinea Mocsáry, 1889 Chrysis corsica Du Buysson, 1896 Chrysis cortii Linsenmaier, 1951 Chrysis corusca Valkeila, 1971 Chrysis curtisensis (Linsenmaier, 1982) Chrysis cyanea (Linnaeus, 1761) Chrysis cylindrica Eversmann, 1857 Chrysis cypruscula Linsenmaier, 1959 Chrysis cuprea Rossi, 1790 (syn. Chrysura cuprea) Chrysis daphnis Mocsáry, 1889 Chrysis dentifrontis Linsenmaier, 1982 Chrysis diacantha Mocsáry, 1889 Chrysis distincta Mocsáry, 1887 Chrysis duplogermari Linsenmaier, 1987

Chrysis dusmetina Bohart, 1991 Chrysis elegans Lepeletier, 1806 Chrysis emarginatula Spinola, 1808 Chrysis equestris Dahlbom, 1845 Chrysis exsulans Dahlbom, 1854 Chrysis fasciata Olivier, 1790 Chrysis festina Smith, 1874 Chrysis frankenbergeri Balthasar, 1953 Chrysis friesei Du Buysson, 1900 Chrysis frivaldszkyi Mocsáry, 1882 Chrysis fugax Abeille de Perrin, 1878 Chrysis fulgida Linnaeus, 1761 Chrysis fulvicornis Mocsáry, 1889 Chrysis germari Wesmael, 1839 Chrysis globuliscutella Linsenmaier, 1993 Chrysis gracillima Foerster, 1853 Chrysis graelsii Guérin, 1842 Chrysis gribodoi Abeille de Perrin, 1877 Chrysis grohmanni Dahlbom, 1854 Chrysis handlirschi Mocsáry, 1889 Chrysis heraklionica Linsenmaier, 1968 Chrysis hohmanni Linsenmaier, 1993 Chrysis hydropica Abeille de Perrin, 1878 Chrysis ignescoa Linsenmaier, 1959 Chrysis ignicollis (Trautmann, 1926) Chrysis ignifacies Mercet, 1904 Chrysis ignita (Linnaeus, 1761) Chrysis illigeri Wesmael, 1839 Chrysis immaculata Du Buysson, 1898 Chrysis impostor Mocsáry, 1887 Chrysis inaequalis Dahlbom, 1845 Chrysis inclinata Linsenmaier, 1959 Chrysis indica Schrank, 1804 Chrysis insperata Chevrier, 1870 Chrysis integra Fabricius, 1787 Chrysis interceptor Smith, 1874 Chrysis interjecta Du Buysson, 1895 Chrysis intrudens Smith, 1865 Chrysis iris Christ, 1791 Chrysis irreperta Linsenmaier, 1959 Chrysis iucunda Mocsáry, 1889 Chrysis jaxartis Semenov, 1910 Chrysis judaica Du Buysson, 1898 Chrysis kolazyi Mocsáry, 1889 Chrysis lanceolata Linsenmaier, 1959 Chrysis larochei Linsenmaier, 1993 Chrysis leachii Shuckard, 1836 Chrysis leptomandibularis Niehuis, 2000 Chrysis lincea Fabricius, 1775 Chrysis longula Abeille de Perrin, 1879 Chrysis lucida Linsenmaier, 1951 Chrysis maderi Linsenmaier, 1959 Chrysis magnidens Perez, 1895 Chrysis magnifacialis Linsenmaier, 1993 Chrysis manicata Dahlbom, 1854 Chrysis marginata Mocsary, 1889 Chrysis maroccana Mocsáry, 1883 Chrysis martinella Du Buysson, 1900 Chrysis mavromoustakisi Trautmann, 1929 Chrysis mediata Linsenmaier, 1951 Chrysis merceti (Trautmann, 1926) Chrysis millenaris Mocsáry, 1897 Chrysis mirabilis Radoszkowski, 1876 Chrysis misella Du Buysson, 1900 Chrysis mixta Dahlbom, 1854

Chrysis mutabilis Du Buysson, 1887 Chrysis mysticalis Linsenmaier, 1959 Chrysis norsemanae Bohart, 1985 Chrysis notidana Bohart, 1985 Chrysis obtusidens Dufour & Perris, 1840 Chrysis paglianoi Strumia, 1992 Chrysis parvimediata (Linsenmaier, 1982) Chrysis peninsularis Du Buysson, 1887 Chrysis perexigua Linsenmaier, 1959 Chrysis perplexa Buysson, 1898 Chrysis perrisi Radoszkowski, 1880 Chrysis perthensis (Linsenmaier, 1982) Chrysis phryne Abeille de Perrin, 1878 Chrysis placida Mocsáry, 1879 Chrysis portugalia Linsenmaier, 1959 Chrysis provenceana Linsenmaier, 1959 Chrysis pseudobrevitarsis Linsenmaier, 1951 Chrysis pseudogribodoiLinsenmaier, 1959 Chrysis pseudoincisa Balthasar, 1953 Chrysis pseudoscutellaris Linsenmaier, 1959 Chrysis pulchella Spinola, 1808 Chrysis pulcherrima Lepeletier, 1806 Chrysis pyrophana Dahlbom, 1854 Chrysis pyrrhina Dahlbom, 1845 Chrysis ragusae De-Stefani, 1888 Chrysis ramburi Dahlbom, 1854 Chrysis rectianalis Linsenmaier, 1968 Chrysis rubrocoerulea Linsenmaier, 1968 Chrysis ruddii Shuckard, 1837 Chrysis rufitarsis Brullé, 1832 Chrysis rutilans Olivier, 1790 Chrysis rutiliventris Abeille de Perrin, 1879 Chrysis saginata Linsenmaier, 1982 Chrysis schiodtei Dahlbom, 1854 Chrysis scintillans Valkeila, 1971 Chrysis sculpturata Mocsáry, 1912 Chrysis scutellaris Fabricius, 1794 Chrysis sehestedti Dahlbom, 1854 Chrysis semicincta Lepeletier, 1806 Chrysis separata (Trautmann, 1926) Chrysis sexdentata Christ, 1791 Chrysis simplonica Linsenmaier, 1951 Chrysis simulans Mocsáry, 1889 Chrysis sollicita Mocsáry, 1913 Chrysis soror Dahlbom, 1854 Chrysis splendidula Rossi, 1790 Chrysis subanalis Linsenmaier, 1968 Chrysis subaurotecta Linsenmaier, 1959 Chrysis subsinuata Marquet, 1879 Chrysis succincta Linnaeus, 1767 Chrysis taczanovskii Radoszkowski, 1876 Chrysis tasmanica Mocsáry, 1889 Chrysis taurica Mocsáry, 1889 Chrysis umbofacialis Linsenmaier, 1993 Chrysis valesiana Frey-Gessner, 1887 Chrysis valida Mocsáry, 1912 Chrysis varidens Abeille de Perrin, 1878 Chrysis verhoeffi Linsenmaier, 1959 Chrysis verna Dahlbom, 1854 Chrysis viridula Linnaeus, 1761 Chrysis westerlundi Linsenmaier, 1959 Chrysis xysa Bohart, 1985 Chrysis yallingupia (Linsenmaier, 1982) Chrysis zylla Bohart, 1985

References

1. Kimsey, L.S., Bohart, R.M. 1990. The Chrysidid Wasps of the World. Oxford University Press. 652 pp.

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Bibliography

• Richards, Owain Westmacott; Davies, R G (1977). "Hymenoptera". Imms' General Textbook of Entomology. 1: Structure, Physiology and Development (10th ed.). Springer. ISBN 9780412613906.