Chrysis inaequalis

Chrysis inaequalis
Chrysis inaequalis
Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta) Order : Hymenoptera (Hymenoptera) Family : Gold wasps (Chrysididae) Subfamily : Chrysidinae Genre : Chrysis Type : Chrysis inaequalis
Scientific name
Chrysis inaequalis
( Dahlbom , 1845)

Chrysis inaequalis is a species fromthe golden wasp family (Chrysididae).

features

The wasps reach a body length of 5 to 10 millimeters. The pleura of the mesonotum have two teeth below. The face is clearly concave. The second and third tergite have a central keel, on the edge of the third there are also four small teeth. The thorax is blue with some greenish areas, the abdomen is golden-red in color. Both areas have a metallic sheen. On closer inspection, the species can be easily distinguished from the other species of the genus Chrysis , some of which are difficult to distinguish, but it is very similar to them.

Occurrence

The species occurs in North Africa, South and Central Europe, to Manchuria . It populates various heat-favored habitats. The animals fly from late June to mid-September. They are rare in Central Europe.

Way of life

Chrysis inaequalis probably parasitizes on bees of the genus Osmia , but could also be bred from a clay cell of Eumenes coarctatus . The adults fly on sun-exposed clay walls, rocks and occasionally on dead wood.

supporting documents

literature

• Rolf Witt: Wasps. Observe, determine. Naturbuch-Verlag, Augsburg 1998, ISBN 3-89440-243-1 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Rolf Witt: Wasps. Observe, determine. Naturbuch-Verlag, Augsburg 1998, ISBN 3-89440-243-1 .