Chrysis angolensis Radoszkowski, 1881 is a animal in the Chrysididae family, order Hymenoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Chrysis angolensis Radoszkowski, 1881

Chrysis angolensis Radoszkowski, 1881

Chrysis angolensis is a widespread cuckoo wasp that parasitizes mud dauber nests, recently introduced to French Polynesia.

Family
Genus
Chrysis
Order
Hymenoptera
Class
Insecta

About Chrysis angolensis Radoszkowski, 1881

Chrysis angolensis Radoszkowski, 1881 is a cuckoo wasp species belonging to the family Chrysididae. It is distributed across much of the world, and has recently been documented as an introduced species in French Polynesia. This species acts as a parasite in the nests of mud daubers, most notably the black and yellow mud dauber Sceliphron caementarium.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Hymenoptera Chrysididae Chrysis

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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