Chrysidinae, Latreille, 1802

Lucena, Daercio A. A., Gomes, Rayane Sales, Almeida, Eduardo A. B. & Zanella, Fernando C. V., 2024, “ As Chrysididas do Brazil ”: A catalogue of the Brazilian cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae), Revista Brasileira de Entomologia (e 20240044) 68 (4), pp. 1-63 : 15-16

Chrysidinae

The Chrysidinae include the truly “cuckoo wasps”, a clade composed of the most colorful and familiar groups within Chrysididae (e.g., Kimsey and Bohart, 1991; Pauli et al., 2019, 2021; Lucena and Almeida, 2022). Currently, this subfamily is the only one among Chrysididae with tribal classification.Four tribes are recognized:Allocoeliini (Afrotropical), Chrysidini

(cosmopolitan), Elampini (cosmopolitan), and Parnopini (Afrotropical, Holarctic including northern Mexico, and Oriental). The chrysidines are primarily larval parasitoids of solitary wasps and bees. However, some species may act as cleptoparasites, consuming the nest provisions instead of the host progeny (e.g., Carrilo and Caltagirone,1970; Rosenheim, 1987; Asís et al., 1994).Many genera are distributed worldwide,being represented in more than one of the world realms.Currently,128 species are reported to Brazil, distributed in two tribes and 13 genera.