HYMENOPTERA :: Chrysididae

Chrysidinae Latreille, 1802

青蜂

Chrysis Latreille, 1802

Chrysura Dahlbom, 1845

Hedychrum Latreille, 1802

Holophris Mocsáry, 1890

Praestochrysis Linsenmaier, 1959

Primeuchroeus Linsenmaier, 1968

Stilbum Spinola, 1806

Trichrysis Lichtenstein, 1876

Biology

Cleptoparasites of ground-dwelling, cavity renting and nest building Aculeata. Hosts include bees, apoids wasps and vespids. Some species the genus Praestochysis are parasitoids of moth larvae of the family Limacodidae.

Sources

Barthélémy C & Guénard B. 2025. An annotated and illustrated checklist of Hong Kong aculeate wasps (Hymenoptera: Apoid wasps; Pompilioidea; Scolioidea; Thynnoidea; Tiphioidea; Vespoidea; Chrysidoidea). Insecta Mundi 1115: 1–230.

Kimsey LS, Bohart RM. 1991. Chrysidid wasps of the world. Oxford University Press; Oxford, United Kingdom. 651 p.

https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198540106.001.0001