Superfamily BETHYLOIDEA 1227 



Hedychridium polygoni Rohwer, 1909. Psyche 16: 87. 9. N. syn. (R. M. Bohart). 

 violaceum Brulle. Throughout U. S., Canada and northern Mexico. 



Hedychnim violaceum Brulle, 1846. Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym., v. 4, p. 51. 6. 



Hedychrum affinissimum Bischoff, 1910. Berlin Zool. Mus., Mitt. 4: 444. 9. N. syn. (R. M. 

 Bohart). 

 wiltii Cresson. Ark., Tex., Colo., Ariz. 



Hedychnim Wiltii Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 305. 6. 



Subfamily CHRYSIDIDINAE 



Members of this subfamUy have as hosts a wide variety of wasps and bees, including species 

 that nest in the ground, in cavities in wood, or that construct nests of mud. 



Genus CHRYSIS Linnaeus 



Genus CHRYSIS Subgenus CHRYSIS Linnaeus 



Chrysis Linnaeus, 1761. Fauna Suecica, Ed. 2, p. 414. 



Type-species: Sphex ignita Linnaeus. Desig. by Latreille, 1810. 

 Chrysis subg. Tetrachrysis Lichtenstein, 1876. Petites Nouv. Ent., v. 2, p. 27. 



Type-species: Chrysis aeruginosa Dahlbom. Desig. by Ashmead, 1902 {=Chrysis 

 succincta Linnaeus). 

 Chrysis subg. Hexachrysis Lichtenstein, 1876. Petites Nouv. Ent, v. 2, p. 27. 



Type-species: Chrysis micans Rossi. Desig. by Bodenstein, 1939 (=Chrysis 

 sexdentata Christ). 

 Chrysis subg. Actinochrysis Haupt, 1956. [Dresden] Mus. f. Tierkunde u. Voelkerk., 

 Abhandl. u. Ber. 23: 74. 



Type-species: Chrysis succincta Linnaeus. Orig. desig. 

 Chrysis subg. Cymatochrysis Haupt, 1956. [Dresden] Mus. f. Tierkunde u. Voelkerk., 

 Abhandl. u. Ber. 23: 74. 



Type-species: Chrysis viridula Linnaeus. Orig. desig. 



Only the typical subgenus occurs in North America, but it has been divided into a number of 

 species groups. 

 Taxonomy: Bohart, 1962. Acta Hym. 1: 361-375, 25 figs, (hexadentate species). 



Species Group Dorsalis 



alfkenella du Buysson. Western U. S. to Nebr., Ark. 



Chrysis (Tetrachrysis) Alfkenella du Buysson, 1904. Rev. Ent. Caen 23: 266. 6. 

 dorsalis Aaron. Transcontinental in U. S. and Canada. Host: Photopsis sp. 



Chrysis dorsalis Aaron, 1885. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 12: 234. 6,9. 



Biology: Ferguson, 1962. Univ. Calif. Pubs. Ent. 27: 29 (host record). 

 meta Aaron. Colo., Wyo., Mont., Alta. 



Chrysis meta Aaron, 1885. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 12: 234. 6, 9. 

 montana Aaron. Ont. and Maine south to Fla., Tex., Mich., 111., Iowa, Mo., Kans., Nebr., Colo., 

 Mont., Idaho, Utah,Calif. 

 Chrysis montana Aaron, 1885. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 12: 234. 9. 

 Chrysis hirsuta Aaron, 1885. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 12: 235. <J, 9. Preocc. N. syn. (R. M. 



Bohart). 

 Chrysis {Tetrachrysis) aaroni Mocsary, 1889. Monog. Chrysid., p. 386. 

 Chrysis (Tetrachrysis) equidens Viereck, 1906. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 32: 193. N. syn. (R. 



M. Bohart). 

 Chrysis (Hexachrysis) nana Mocsary, 1913. Mus. Nat. Hungarici, Ann. 11: 33. 6. N. syn. 

 (R. M. Bohart). 



Taxonomy: Krombein, 1958. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 84: 145-146, fig. 6 (equidens 

 redescription). —Bohart, 1962. Acta Hym. 1: 375 (synonymy of hirsuta and 7iana). 

 provancheri Schulz. Maine, Ont., Minn., S. Dak., N. Dak., Alta., N. W. T. 

 Chrysis aurichalcea Provancher, 1881. Nat. Canad. 12: 300. 9 . Preocc. 



