Chrysis fulgida Linnaeus, 1761
(Ruby-tailed Wasp, Shimmering Ruby-tail)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesChrysis fulgida (Ruby-tailed Wasp, Shimmering Ruby-tail)
GenusChrysis (ruby-tailed wasps)
FamilyCHRYSIDIDAE (rubytail or cuckoo-wasps)
SuperfamilyCHRYSIDOIDEA (a superfamily of solitary wasps)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Edwards, M. 2003 Cocoons of Symmorphus crassicornis (left) and Chrysis fulgida (right) in … Vol 14, No. 5 Page: 356, 365-66

Chrysis fulgida (Ruby-tailed Wasp, Shimmering Ruby-tail) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Chrysis fulgida (Ruby-tailed Wasp, Shimmering Ruby-tail)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Chrysis fulgida (Ruby-tailed Wasp, Shimmering Ruby-tail)
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