Hedychrum niemelai Linsenmaier, 1959
(a rubytail wasp)

Interactions where Hedychrum niemelai is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction 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 parasitises nest Cerceris a genus of digger wasps Hymenoptera: Crabronidae Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Chrysididae/Hedychrum niemelai/Hedychrum niemelaia rubytail wasplarva Animal / parasite /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Crabronidae/Cerceris/Cercerisa genus of digger waspsnest

Author & YearTitleSource
Macdonald, M.A., 2007Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates

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

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

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Hedychrum niemelai ssp niemelai
a subspecies of hymenopteran
Subspecies 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHedychrum niemelai (a rubytail wasp)
GenusHedychrum (a genus of hymenopterans)
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 Hedychrum niemelai (a rubytail wasp)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Baldock, D.W. & Hawkins, R.D. 2016 Hedychrum nobile (Scopoli): a jewel-wasp new to Britain and distinct from H. niemelai Linsenmaier (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 29: 197-208.

Hedychrum niemelai (a rubytail wasp) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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

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