Author: Dr. Lynn S. Kimsey

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2006-11-27

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9780520916135

California has one of the world's most diverse chrysidid wasp faunas. These are large, brightly metallic-colored parasitoids of sphecoid wasps and bees. This study reviews the species and genera of Chrysididae in California, maps their overall distributions, and gives keys to California genera and species. In addition, three species described by Linsenmaier in 1994 are synonymized.