Chrysis angustula Schenck, 1856
(a rubytail wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesChrysis angustula (a rubytail wasp)
GenusChrysis (ruby-tailed wasps)
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)
Records of Chrysis angustula (a rubytail wasp) :
1: Chrysis angustula (a rubytail wasp)
6 May 2012 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
female, on gate
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 2: Female - gaster - dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 3: Female - gaster - dorsal view - magnified - white background (2)Image 4: Female - gaster - postero-dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 5: Female - head and antennae - dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 7: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - white backgroundImage 8: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 9: Female - thorax - postero-dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 10: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 11: Wings - magnified - white background

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Chrysis angustula (a rubytail wasp)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Chrysis angustula (a rubytail wasp)
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