Chrysura simplex | |
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Chrysura simplex ampliata. Dorsal view | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Chrysididae |
Genus: | Chrysura |
Species: | C. simplex
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Binomial name | |
Chrysura simplex (
Dahlbom, 1854)
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Chrysura simplex is a species of cuckoo wasps, insects in the family Chrysididae. [1]
Subspecies include: [2]
This species is present in part of Europe ( Albania, Austria, France, Italy, Greece, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, S pain, Switzerland and Ukraine) and in North Africa ( Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia). [1] [4] [5]
These cuckoo wasps mainly inhabit grassy cliffs and sunny slopes. They can be found on plants of Euphorbia, Sedum, Daucus carota and Crepis hieracioides. [1]
Chrysura simplex can reach a length of about 7–9.5 millimetres (0.28–0.37 in). [5] These wasps have a stout body with a gray pubescence. The head is metallic blue-green, nearly square, rather big, closely punctulate, with a flat face and short antennae. Also the thorax is densely dotted, with blach hairs and a basically shining blue-green coloration. Mesonotum is shining blue. The abdomen is robust. almost oval, densely punctate and silky-shiny, with red to purple-red coloration, without black patches. The wings are pale brown and hyaline. In males the red colouration is more intense. [5]
Chrysura simplex is a univoltine species. [5] Adults fly from mid-June until mid-July. [5] They especially feed on flowers of Euphorbiaceae [5] and Apiaceae. The larvae live as parasites of Megachile parietina, Hoplitis anthocopoides and Osmia cornuta. [1] [5]