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Wasps of Zihuatanejo

ORDER HYMENOPTERA

-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies (Order Hymenoptera)​

-Narrow-waisted Wasps, Ants, and Bees (Suborder Apocrita)

-Ants, Bees, and Stinging Wasps (Infraorder Aculeata)

-Cuckoo Wasps and Allies (Superfamily Chrysidoidea)

-Cuckoo Wasps (Family Chrysididae)

-Subfamily Chrysidinae

-Tribe Chrysidini

-Genus Caenochrysis


Chrysidini is a tribe of cuckoo wasps in the subfamily Chrysidinae. Cuckoo wasps (or emerald wasps) which are almost wholly bright iridescent green. These wasps have the ability to roll their body into a ball with their legs tucked in when threatened.

Caenochrysis Cuckoo Wasps

Caenochrysis (Genus)

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