Chrysura

Phylum:Arthropoda

Class:Insecta

Order:Hymenoptera

Family:Chrysididae

Chrysura
Chrysura refulgens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Chrysididae
Tribe:	Chrysidini
Genus:	Chrysura Dahlbom, 1845
Type species
Chrysura austriaca (Fabricius, 1804)
Synonyms
Monochrysis Lichtenstein, 1876 Olochrysis Lichtenstein, 1876 Holochrysis Rye, 1878 Emend. Chrysoura Dalla Torre, 1892 Emend. Arctochrysis Haupt, 1956 Taeniochrysis Haupt, 1956 Selenochrysis Haupt, 1956 Ischnochrysis Haupt, 1956 Conochrysis Haupt, 1956

Chrysura is a genus of cuckoo wasps which parasitize megachilid bees. There are 117 species in Chrysura, all but 11 of which are found in the Palaearctic,^[1] making it the third largest genus in the family.^[2] The genus was described by Dahlbom in 1845, and the type species for the genus is Chrysura austriaca.^[3]