Chrysis viridula Linnaeus, 1761
(a rubytail wasp)

Interactions where Chrysis viridula is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Odynerus melanocephalus Black-headed Mason Wasp Hymenoptera: Vespidae The British Potter and Mason Wasps (Hymeoptera: Vespidae; Eumeninae) - A Handbook, Archer, M.E., 2000
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Chrysididae/Chrysis viridula/Chrysis viridulaa rubytail wasplarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Vespidae/Odynerus (Odynerus) melanocephalus/Odynerus (Odynerus) melanocephalusblack-headed mason wasplarva
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva UK/Ireland Odynerus spinipes Spiny Mason Wasp Hymenoptera: Vespidae The British Potter and Mason Wasps (Hymeoptera: Vespidae; Eumeninae) - A Handbook, Archer, M.E., 2000
Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Chrysididae/Chrysis viridula/Chrysis viridulaa rubytail wasplarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Vespidae/Odynerus (Odynerus) spinipes/Odynerus (Odynerus) spinipesspiny mason wasplarva

Chrysis viridula (a rubytail wasp) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Chrysis viridula (a rubytail wasp) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Archer, M.E., 2000The British Potter and Mason Wasps (Hymeoptera: Vespidae; Eumeninae) - A Handbook
Macdonald, M.A., 2007Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesChrysis viridula (a rubytail wasp)
GenusChrysis (ruby-tailed wasp)
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Chrysis viridula (a rubytail wasp)

Chrysis viridula (a rubytail wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Chrysis viridula (a rubytail wasp):

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