Chlorion

Chlorion
Chlorion lobatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Sphecidae
Subfamily: Chloriontinae
Genus: Chlorion
Latreille, 1802[1]
Species

About 20 species, see text[2]

Chlorion is a genus of parasitoid wasps in the family Sphecidae. Species have been recorded from the Americas, Africa and tropical Asia through to Java;[2] they appear to prey mostly on Orthopteran insects.

Species

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The Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists:[2][3][4]

  1. Chlorion aerarium Patton, 1879 Steel-blue Cricket Hunter Wasp
  2. Chlorion boharti Menke, 1961
  3. Chlorion consanguineum (Kohl, 1898)
  4. Chlorion cyaneum Dahlbom, 1843
  5. Chlorion funereum Gribodo, 1879
  6. Chlorion gratiosum (F.Smith, 1856)
  7. Chlorion hemiprasinum (Sichel, 1863)
  8. Chlorion hemipyrrhum (Sichel, 1863)
  9. Chlorion hirtum (Kohl, 1885)
  10. Chlorion lobatum (Fabricius, 1775) - type species (as Sphex lobatus Fabricius, 1775)
  11. Chlorion magnificum F.Morawitz, 1887
  12. Chlorion maxillosum (Poiret, 1787) – African cricket hunter wasp
  13. Chlorion migiurtinicum (Giordani Soika, 1941)
  14. Chlorion mirandum (Kohl, 1890)
  15. Chlorion regale F.Smith, 1873
  16. Chlorion semenowi F.Morawitz, 1890
  17. Chlorion splendidum Fabricius, 1804
  18. Chlorion strandi Willink, 1951
  19. Chlorion striatum Li & Yang, 1989
  20. Chlorion viridicoeruleum Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau & Audinet-Serville, 1828

References

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  1. ^ Latreille PA (1802) Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. F. Dufart, Paris. Vol. 3: i–xii; 1–467.
  2. ^ a b c Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Chlorion Latreille, 1802 (retrieved 24 July 2024)
  3. ^ Chlorion, ITIS
  4. ^ Chlorion, BugGuide
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