Chrysidid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Chrysidid is a noun meaning (zoology) Any wasp of the family Chrysididae.
Meaning
(zoology) Any wasp of the family Chrysididae.
Example Sentences
Chrysidids (3000 species) are especially diverse in temperate deserts of both hemispheres.
Females of Delta campaniforme esuriens do not attack chrysidids that are breaking into their nests, but parasitism will cause them to abandon the nest (Jayakar and Spurway 1968).
2006, Lynn Siri Kimsey, California Cuckoo Wasps in the Family Chrysididae (Hymenoptera), Entomology: Volume 125, University of California Press, page 4, Species of Argochrysis exhibit an unusual behavior not seen in other chrysidids or parasitoids.
Word Forms
- chrysidids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include chalcidid, chrysopid, chalcid, chalcidoid, cyrtid, chalcidology.
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