© Copyright source/photographer · 5 Chrysis conica, Brulle, U, Back, MD, Baltimore County Click on map for details about points. IDnature guides Chrysididae Nearctic Hymenoptera other 80x5 - 240x3 - 240x4 - 320x1 - 320x2 - 320x3 - 640x1 - 640x2 Set display option above. Click on images to enlarge. © Copyright source/photographer · 5 Chrysis conica, Brulle, U, Back, MD, Baltimore County © Copyright source/photographer · 5 Chrysis conica, Brulle, U, Face, MD, Baltimore County © Copyright source/photographer · 5 Chrysis conica, Brulle, U, Side, MD, Baltimore County R. M. Bohart L. S. Kimsey, 1982 · 1 Chrysis conica, tail Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab; Photographer: Erika Tucker · 1 Chrysis conica, face Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab; Photographer: Erika Tucker · 1 Chrysis conica, tail Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab; Photographer: Erika Tucker · 1 Chrysis conica, top Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab; Photographer: Erika Tucker · 1 Chrysis conica R. M. Bohart L. S. Kimsey, 1982 · 1 Chrysis conica, male genitalia 10 thumbnails  •  slide show Overview Taken from: R. M. Bohart and L. S. Kimsey. 1982. A Synopsis of the Chrysididae in America North of Mexico. Chrysis conica Brulle (Figs. 184, 227, 227a) Chrysis conica Brulle 1846:32. Lectotype female here designated, “L’ile de Cayenne” (Paris). Chrysis peracuta Aaron 1885:237. Lectotype female, Georgia (ANSP). Chrysis peregrina Buysson 1887:188. Holotype female “Amerique septentrionale”, North America (Paris). Diagnosis: F-I 1.4 times longer than broad (male) or 2.0 (female), longer than F-III, subantennal distance and malar space each about 1.2 MOD, OOD 2.0 LOD (male) or 1.5 LOD (female), transverse frontal carina sharp and nearly complete to eye, forming a gentle downward curve, mesopleuron tridentate, metanotum simple, T-II with a well developed but micropunctate median ridge, T-III with a median ridge, prepit bulge weakly developed, four distal teeth, median notch a sharply inverted V (fig. 184); male S-VIII attenuate posteriorly (fig. 227a) paramere slender with a basal hump (fig. 227), body length 6.5-10 mm. Discussion: The sharp outlines of the teeth on T-III together with the tridentate mesopleuron are characteristic of this medium sized species. Host: Eumenes fraternus Say in mud pot nests (Krombein 1979). Material examined: 87 males, 146 females including types of conica, peracuta, and Peregrina. Distribution: Essentially a neotropical species, conica extends its range into eastern U.S. as far north as District of Columbia, Indiana, Illinois, and Kansas. Other U.S. records, possibly recent introductions, are from ARIZONA (Phoenix, Tucson). The species has been collected in most of the Mexican states, Middle America, and South America north of Brazil. Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Updated: 2024-04-23 11:41:33 gmt Discover Life | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation