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chrysidid en · NOUN

Meanings

1. Any wasp of the family Chrysididae.
   • Chrysidids (3000 species) are especially diverse in temperate deserts of both hemispheres. 2005, Cedric Gillott, Entomology, page 342:
   • 2006, Lynn Siri Kimsey, California Cuckoo Wasps in the Family Chrysididae (Hymenoptera), Entomology: Volume 125, University of California Press, page 4, Species of Argochrysis exhibit an unusual behavior not seen in other chrysidids or parasitoids.
   • Females of Delta campaniforme esuriens do not attack chrysidids that are breaking into their nests, but parasitism will cause them to abandon the nest (Jayakar and Spurway 1968). 1991, David P. Cowan, “2: The Solitary and Presocial Vespidae”, in Kenneth G. Ross, Robert W. Matthews, editors, The Social Biology of Wasps, page 56:

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Synonyms

cuckoo wasp (any species of family Chrysididae)