Last updated on December 1st, 2023
The fundamental morphologic features which distinguish chrysidids from the other wasps are:
- reduction of the number of the visible abdominal segments to 5 or less
- an internal ovipositor or genital tube, constituted by the remaining abdominal segments
- 11 antennal articles (flagellomeres), plus pedicel and scape
- labial palps with 3 articles and maxillar palps with 5 articles
- fore wings with 5 closed cells, or less, and
- hind wings without closed cells.
According to the Zoological Record, Chrysidids are ranked in the taxonomic hierarchy as Aculeate Wasps, wasps equipped by a stinging apparatus. But, according to the present-day classifications, the traditional sections (infraorders) ‘Terebrantia’ (‘Parasitica’) and ‘Aculeata’ of the Suborder ‘Apocrita’ have been abandoned in the direction of taxonomy based on Superfamilies.
The Family Chrysididae comprises 5 Subfamilies and 83 Genuses. Their taxonomy down to the Genus level is as follows:
- Class Insecta
- Order Hymenoptera
- Suborder Apocrita
- Series Aculeata (obsolete)
- Superfamily Chrysidoidea
- Family Chrysididae
- Subfamily Cleptinae
- Cleptes*
- Cleptidea
- Subfamily Amiseginae
- Adelphe
- Afrosega
- Alieniscus
- Amisega
- Anachrysis
- Anadelphe
- Atoposega
- Baeosega
- Bupon
- Cladobethylus
- Colocar
- Duckeia
- Exopapua
- Exova
- Imasega
- Indothrix
- Isegama
- Kimseya
- Kryptosega
- Leptosega
- Magdalium
- Mahinda
- Microsega
- Myrmecomimesis
- Nesogyne
- Nipponosega
- Obenbergerella
- Perissosega
- Reidia
- Rohweria
- Saltasega
- Serendibula
- Subfamily Loboscelidiinae
- Loboscelidia
- Rhadinoscelidia
- Subfamily Chrysidinae
- Tribe Allocoeliini
- Allocoelia
- Tribe Elampini
- Adelopyga
- Chrysellampus*
- Colpopyga*
- Diplorrhos
- Elampus*
- Exallopyga
- Haba
- Hedychreides
- Hedychridium*
- Hedychrum*
- Holophris
- Holopyga*
- Microchridium
- Minymischa
- Muesebeckidium
- Oligogaster
- Omalus*
- Parachrum
- Philoctetes*
- Prochridium
- Pseudolopyga
- Pseudomalus*
- Xerochrum
- Tribe Kimseyini
- Kimseya
- Tribe Chrysidini
- Allochrysis
- Argochrysis
- Caenochrysis
- Ceratochrysis
- Chrysidea
- Chrysis*
- Chrysura*
- Chrysurissa
- Euchroeus*
- Exochrysis
- Gaullea
- Ipsiura
- Istiochrysis
- Morphochrysis*
- Neochrysis
- Odontochrydium
- Pentachrysis*
- Pleurochrysis
- Praestochrysis*
- Primeuchroeus
- Pseudochrysis*
- Spinolia*
- Spintharina*
- Spintharosoma
- Stilbichrysis
- Stilbum*
- Trichrysis*
- Tribe Allocoeliini
- Subfamily Parnopinae
- Cephaloparnops
- Isadelphia
- Parnopes*
- Subfamily Cleptinae
- Family Chrysididae
- Superfamily Chrysidoidea
- Series Aculeata (obsolete)
- Suborder Apocrita
- Order Hymenoptera
* the asterisk indicates the presence of the Genus in Europe.
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Agnoli G.L. & Rosa P. (2024) Systematics of Chrysididae, in: Chrysis.net website. Interim version 27 April 2024, URL: https://www.chrysis.net/chrysididae/systematics-of-chrysididae/.
