Chrysis vanlithi Linsenmaier, 1959
(a rubytail wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesChrysis vanlithi (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 vanlithi (a rubytail wasp) :
1: Chrysis vanlithi (a rubytail wasp)
17 May 2014 OSGR: SZ08 50° 40’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, on Hawthorn twig
Image 1: Female - antero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - gaster - dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 4: Female - gaster - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and antennae - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - thorax - postero-dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 9: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Wings - highly enlarged - white background

Chrysis vanlithi (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 vanlithi (a rubytail wasp)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Chrysis vanlithi (a rubytail wasp)
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