Chrysis ruddii
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| Chrysis ruddii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Chrysididae |
| Genus: | Chrysis |
| Species: | C. ruddii |
| Binomial name | |
| Chrysis ruddii Shuckard, 1837 | |
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Chrysis ruddii, the ruby-tailed wasp, is a species of cuckoo wasps, an insects in the family Chrysididae.[1]
The species name ruddii honors the English entomologist Rev. George Thomas Rudd.
Subspecies
Subspecies include:[2]
- Chrysis ruddii brevimarginata Linsenmaier, 1959[3]
- Chrysis ruddii ruddii Shuckard, 1836
Distribution
Habitat
Description
Chrysis ruddii can reach a body length of approximately 7–10 millimetres (0.28–0.39 in).[1][6] These wasps are characterized by an intense green or blue coloration, included head, mesosoma and the first and second joints of the geniculate (elbowed) antennae. In the females there are sometimes golden areas.[6] This species shows a long white pubescence, a wide pronotum, a dense punctation on metathorax, a red/bronze coloration on the ventral side of the legs. The collar and the scutellum may be cupreus. The abdomen is minutely punctured, especially on the second gastral tergite,[5] with a carmine pink coloration and a coppery refulgence.[1]
This species is rather similar and can be confused with Chrysis ignita, Chrysura hirsuta, Chrysis fulgida and Chrysis rutiliventris.
