Hedychrum rutilans

Hedychrum rutilans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Chrysididae
Genus: Hedychrum
Species:
H. rutilans
Binomial name
Hedychrum rutilans
Dahlbom, 1854
Synonyms
  • Hedychrum intermedium Dahlbom, 1845[1]

Hedychrum rutilans is a species of cuckoo wasps (insects in the family Chrysididae). The species occurs primarily in Austria, Italy, Bulgaria, Greece, France, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and in North Africa.[2][3] The head and thorax are metallic green with red spots, while the abdomen is red. The color is more green and partially golden in the male and more extensively golden-red in the female. The body is somewhat hairy.[3]

H. rutilans – female feeding on Mentha sp.
  1. ^ Biolib
  2. ^ Fauna Europaea
  3. ^ a b Agnoli, G. L.; Rosa, P. (2011). Hedychrum rutilans Dahlbom, 1854 - Database of the Italian Chrysididae on Chrysis.net