Cuckoo Wasps
Chrysis ignita
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Hymenoptera Suborder: Apocrita Superfamily: Chrysidoidea Family: Chrysididae
Subfamilies
Amiseginae Chrysidinae Cleptinae Loboscelidiinae Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 565 pixelsFull resolution (1992 × 1408 pixel, file size: 742 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Description: Chrysis ignita (Linnaeus, 1758)  ? Gemeine Goldwespe Source: picture taken by Kurt Kulac at 2006-04-23 License: CC-BY-SA-2. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. ... “Animalia” redirects here. ... Subphyla and Classes Subphylum Trilobitomorpha Trilobita - trilobites (extinct) Subphylum Chelicerata Arachnida - spiders,scorpions, etc. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Suborders Apocrita Symphyta Hymenoptera is one of the larger orders of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. ... Superfamilies Apoidea Ceraphronoidea Chalcidoidea Chrysidoidea Cynipoidea Evanioidea Ichneumonoidea Megalyroidea Proctotrupoidea Sphecoidea Stephanoidea Triganalyoidea Vespoidea Many families, see article Apocrita is a suborder of insects in the order Hymenoptera. ... Families Bethylidae Chrysididae Dryinidae Embolemidae Plumariidae Sclerogibbidae Scolebythidae The superfamily Chrysidoidea is a very large cosmopolitan group (some 6000 described species, and many more undescribed) of parasitoid or cleptoparasitic wasps, with three large, common families (Bethylidae, Chrysididae, and Dryinidae) and four tiny, rare families. ... tribes Allocoelini Chrysidini Elampini Parnopini The subfamily Chrysidinae contains those species that are most commonly recognized as cuckoo wasps, being by far the largest and most familiar subfamily. ...

Commonly known as cuckoo wasps, the Hymenopteran family Chrysididae is a very large cosmopolitan group (over 3000 described species) of parasitoid or cleptoparasitic wasps, often highly sculptured, with brilliantly metallic bodies and bright coloration (thus the common names jewel wasp, gold wasp, or emerald wasp are sometimes used). They are most diverse in desert regions of the world, as they are typically associated with solitary bee and wasp species, which are also most diverse in such areas. Suborders Apocrita Symphyta Hymenoptera is one of the larger orders of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Kleptoparasitism or cleptoparasitism (literally, parasitism by theft) is a form of feeding where one animal takes prey from another that has caught, killed, or otherwise prepared it, including stored food provisions, as in the case of cuckoo bees, which lay their eggs on the pollen masses made by other bees. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Suborder Apocrita See text for explanation. ...

Members of the largest subfamily, Chrysidinae, are the most familiar; they are generally cleptoparasites, laying their eggs in host nests, where their larvae consume the host egg or larva while it is still young, then consuming the provisions. Other subfamilies are parasitoids, of either sawflies or walking sticks. tribes Allocoelini Chrysidini Elampini Parnopini The subfamily Chrysidinae contains those species that are most commonly recognized as cuckoo wasps, being by far the largest and most familiar subfamily. ... Kleptoparasitism or cleptoparasitism (literally, parasitism by theft) is a form of feeding where one animal takes prey from another that has caught, killed, or otherwise prepared it, including stored food provisions, as in the case of cuckoo bees, which lay their eggs on the pollen masses made by other bees. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... (SUPERFAMILY) Families (Cephoidea)   Cephidae-stem sawflies (Megalodontoidea)   Megalodontidae   Pamphilidae-leaf-rolling      & web-spinning sawflies (Orussoidea)   Orussidae-parasitic wood wasps (Siricoidea)   Siricidae- horntails (Tenthredinoidea)   Argidae-argid sawflies   Blasticotomidae   Cimbicidae-cimbicid sawflies   Diprionidae-conifer sawflies   Pergidae-pergid sawflies   Tenthredinidae-common sawflies (Xyeloidea)   Anaxyelidae-cedar sawflies   Xyelidae-xyelid sawflies   Xiphydriidae-wood wasps Ref. ... Suborders Agathemerodea Timematodea Verophasmatodea The Phasmatodea are an order of insects, whose members are variously known as stick insects (Europe), walking sticks (in the Unites States of America), ghost insects[] and leaf insects. ...

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

Cuckoo wasp

• Chrysis. net a picture rich and very informative site