latest update:2021/11/29

Chrysis splendidula Rossi, 1790 Head and mesosoma greenish blue to blackish green. First and second gastral segments reddish to reddish purple, but third segment purplish blue. Gastral terminal (actually, the posterior margin of third segment) with four teeth.

Host-parasite relationship
Parasitizing Stenodynerus spp. or Eumenes spp.
Chrysididae
Chrysis

Body length : 6-9 mm
Distribution in Japan : Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima Island, Osumi Islands(Kuchinoerabu Island), Okinawa Islands



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