Chlorion Explained

Chlorion is a genus of parasitoid wasps in the family Sphecidae. Species have been recorded from the Americas, Africa and tropical Asia through to Java; they appear to prey mostly on Orthopteran insects.

Species

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists:^{[1] [2] [3]}

1. Chlorion aerarium Steel-blue Cricket Hunter Wasp
2. Chlorion boharti
3. Chlorion consanguineum
4. Chlorion cyaneum
5. Chlorion funereum
6. Chlorion gratiosum
7. Chlorion hemiprasinum
8. Chlorion hemipyrrhum
9. Chlorion hirtum
10. Chlorion lobatum - type species (as Sphex lobatus)
11. Chlorion magnificum
12. Chlorion maxillosum – African cricket hunter wasp
13. Chlorion migiurtinicum
14. Chlorion mirandum
15. Chlorion regale
16. Chlorion semenowi
17. Chlorion splendidum
18. Chlorion strandi
19. Chlorion striatum
20. Chlorion viridicoeruleum

Notes and References

1. https://www.gbif.org/species/1339019 Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Chlorion Latreille, 1802
2. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=154321 Chlorion
3. http://bugguide.net/node/view/8606 Chlorion