Hedychrum nobile

Hedychrum nobile is a species of cuckoo wasps (insect in the family Chrysididae).[1]

Hedychrum nobile. Museum specimen

Hedychrum nobile
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hymenoptera
Family:
Chrysididae
Genus:
Hedychrum
Species:
H. nobile
Binomial name
Hedychrum nobile
Scopoli, 1763

Subspecies
  • Hedychrum nobile antigai Du Buysson, 1896
  • Hedychrum nobile nobile (Scopoli, 1763)

Description

Hedychrum nobile can reach a length of 4–9 millimetres (0.16–0.35 in). Head, scutellum, post scutellum and median segment are blue or green, pronotum, mesonotum and the abdomen are golden purple.

Ecology

These wasps fly from mid-June to September. Usually they prefer sandy habitats and rocky slopes. The main host species of this parasitic wasp is Cerceris arenaria.[1]

Distribution

This species can be found in Austria, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, in the eastern Palearctic realm and in North Africa.[2][3]

Bibliography
  • Heiko Bellmann: Bienen, Wespen, Ameisen. Hautflügler Mitteleuropas. Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co KG, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-440-09690-4.
  • Rolf Witt: Wespen. Beobachten, Bestimmen. Naturbuch-Verlag, Augsburg 1998, ISBN 3-89440-243-1.

References
  1. Biolib
  2. Fauna europaea
  3. Chrysis.net


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