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Hedychrum
Sign in to saveHedychrum is a large genus of cuckoo wasps (the family Chrysididae). With roughly 150 species, it is the second largest genus in the family; most species are from the Palaearctic, but they can be found in the Oriental, Afrotropical, Nearctic, and Neotropical regions. Their hosts are typically from the subfamily Philanthinae.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 590
- With media
- 79
- Family
- Chrysididae
- Collections
- IFIT-CP, INHS, CSU, SDNHM, EMEC, SAM
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, South Africa, Canada
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- Parent taxon
- Chrysidinae
- Image
- Chrysididae - Hedychrum rutilans.jpg
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Hedychrum is a large genus of cuckoo wasps (the family Chrysididae). With roughly 150 species, it is the second largest genus in the family; most species are from the Palaearctic, but they can be found in the Oriental, Afrotropical, Nearctic, and Neotropical regions. Their hosts are typically from the subfamily Philanthinae.
==Selected European species== Hedychrum aureicolle Mocsary, 1889 Hedychrum chalybaeum Dahlbom, 1854 Hedychrum gerstaeckeri Chevrier, 1869 Hedychrum longicolle Abeille de Perrin, 1877 Hedychrum luculentum Förster, 1853 Hedychrum mavromoustakisi Trautmann, 1929 Hedychrum micans Lucas, 1849 Hedychrum niemelai Linsenmaier, 1959 Hedychrum nobile Scopoli, 1763 Hedychrum rufipes R. du Buysson, 1893 Hedychrum rutilans Dahlbom, 1854 (syn. Hedychrum intermedium) Hedychrum tobiasi Kilimnik, 1993 Hedychrum virens Dahlbom, 1854 Hedychrum viridilineolatum Kilimnik, 1993
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