Chrysura refulgens

Chrysura refulgens
Chrysura refulgens
Chrysura refulgens. Museum specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Clade:	Euarthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Chrysididae
Genus:	Chrysura
Species:	C. refulgens
Binomial name
Chrysura refulgens (Spinola, 1806)

Chrysura refulgens is a species of cuckoo wasps (insects in the family Chrysididae).

Chrysura refulgens can reach a length of 10–12 millimetres (0.39–0.47 in). It is one of the largest South European Chrysura. Head and chest are metallic bluish, while the abdomen is metallic golden-red.

Chrysura refulgens fly from May to July. The larvae live as parasites of Osmia bicolor, Chalicodoma species and Anthidium species.

These wasps can be found in most of Europe, in the North East and in North Africa.

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