| Chrysis ignita | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Chrysididae |
| Genus: | Chrysis |
| Species: | C. ignita
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| Binomial name | |
| Chrysis ignita | |
Chrysis ignita is a species of cuckoo wasp. It is one of a group of species which are difficult to separate and which may be referred to as ruby-tailed wasps.
Cuckoo wasps are parasitoids and kleptoparasites, laying their eggs in the nests of other species where their young consume the larvae of their hosts. They have a number of adaptations which have evolved to equip them for their life cycle. They have metallic, armored bodies, and can roll up into balls to protect themselves from harm when infiltrating the nests of their hosts. Unlike most other aculeates, however, cuckoo wasps cannot sting.
The hosts of Chrysis ignita are believed to be potter wasps such as Ancistrocerus parietum.[1][2][3] Chrysis ignita is found across the Palearctic excluding Africa, from western Europe to China and Japan.[4]
- ^ Paukkunen, Juho; Berg, Alexander; Soon, Villu; Ødegaard, Frode; Rosa, Paolo (23 December 2015). "An illustrated key to the cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) of the Nordic and Baltic countries, with description of a new species". ZooKeys (548): 1–116. doi:10.3897/zookeys.548.6164. PMC 4714362. PMID 26798322.
- ^ Paukkunen, Juho; Pöyry, Juha; Kuussaari, Mikko (January 2018). "Species traits explain long-term population trends of Finnish cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae)". Insect Conservation and Diversity. 11 (1): 58–71. doi:10.1111/icad.12241. hdl:10138/237259.
- ^ Pauli, Thomas; Castillo-Cajas, Ruth F.; Rosa, Paolo; Kukowka, Sandra; Berg, Alexander; van den Berghe, Eric; Fornoff, Felix; Hopfenmüller, Sebastian; Niehuis, Manfred; Peters, Ralph S.; Staab, Michael; Strumia, Franco; Tischendorf, Stefan; Schmitt, Thomas; Niehuis, Oliver (April 2019). "Phylogenetic analysis of cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) reveals a partially artificial classification at the genus level and a species-rich clade of bee parasitoids: Phylogeny and host associations of cuckoo wasps". Systematic Entomology. 44 (2): 322–335. doi:10.1111/syen.12323.
- ^ "Chrysis ignita Linnaeus, 1761". GBIF. Retrieved 20 March 2023.