chrysidid

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English

Chrysis inaequalis

Noun

chrysidid (plural chrysidids)

  1. (zoology) Any wasp of the family Chrysididae.
    • 1991, David P. Cowan, “2: The Solitary and Presocial Vespidae”, in Kenneth G. Ross, Robert W. Matthews, editors, The Social Biology of Wasps, page 56:
      Females of Delta campaniforme esuriens do not attack chrysidids that are breaking into their nests, but parasitism will cause them to abandon the nest (Jayakar and Spurway 1968).
    • 2005, Cedric Gillott, Entomology, page 342:
      Chrysidids (3000 species) are especially diverse in temperate deserts of both hemispheres.
    • 2006, Lynn Siri Kimsey, California Cuckoo Wasps in the Family Chrysididae (Hymenoptera), Entomology: Volume 125, University of California Press, page 4,
      Species of Argochrysis exhibit an unusual behavior not seen in other chrysidids or parasitoids.

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