Chrysura | |
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Chrysura refulgens | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Clade: | Euarthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Chrysididae |
Tribe: | Chrysidini |
Genus: |
Chrysura Dahlbom, 1845 |
Type species | |
Chrysura austriaca (Fabricius, 1804) |
Chrysura is a genus of cuckoo wasps which parasitize megachilid bees. There are 117 species in Chrysura, all but 11 of which are found in the Palaearctic. The genus was described by Dahlbom in 1845, and the type species for the genus is Chrysura austriaca. It is the third largest genus in the family Chrysididae.
Species within this genus include: