Trichrysis cyanea
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| Trichrysis cyanea | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Chrysididae |
| Genus: | Trichrysis |
| Species: | T. cyanea |
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| Trichrysis cyanea (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
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Trichrysis cyanea is a species of cuckoo wasps, insects in the family Chrysididae.
Habitat
These wasps inhabit forest margins, clearings and areas with sun-exposed dead trees and tree stumps, usually nesting sites of its hosts.[3]
Description
Trichrysis cyanea can reach a body length of about 4–8 mm (0.16–0.31 in). These small sized cuckoo wasps have an elongated and completely blue-green or violet colored body, but males are often completely or partly black.[3] The posterior margin of the third tergite of the abdomen shows three small wide teeth. The first tergite has a smooth middle furrow.[3]
This species is very similar to the species of the genus Chrysis.
