Chlorion

{{Short description|Genus of wasps}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Chlorion lobatum 06069.jpg

| image_caption = Chlorion lobatum

| parent_authority = Fernald, 1905

| taxon = Chlorion

| authority = Latreille, 1802Latreille PA (1802) Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. F. Dufart, Paris. Vol. 3: i–xii; 1–467.

| subdivision =

About 20 species, see text

}}

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:[https://www.gbif.org/species/1339019 Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Chlorion Latreille, 1802] (retrieved 24 July 2024)[https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=154321 Chlorion], ITIS[http://bugguide.net/node/view/8606 Chlorion], BugGuide

  1. Chlorion aerarium {{Au|Patton, 1879}} Steel-blue Cricket Hunter Wasp
  2. Chlorion boharti {{Au|Menke, 1961}}
  3. Chlorion consanguineum {{Au|(Kohl, 1898)}}
  4. Chlorion cyaneum {{Au|Dahlbom, 1843}}
  5. Chlorion funereum {{Au|Gribodo, 1879}}
  6. Chlorion gratiosum {{Au|(F.Smith, 1856)}}
  7. Chlorion hemiprasinum {{Au|(Sichel, 1863)}}
  8. Chlorion hemipyrrhum {{Au|(Sichel, 1863)}}
  9. Chlorion hirtum {{Au|(Kohl, 1885)}}
  10. Chlorion lobatum {{Au|(Fabricius, 1775)}} - type species (as Sphex lobatus {{Au|Fabricius, 1775}})
  11. Chlorion magnificum {{Au|F.Morawitz, 1887}}
  12. Chlorion maxillosum {{Au|(Poiret, 1787)}} – African cricket hunter wasp
  13. Chlorion migiurtinicum {{Au|(Giordani Soika, 1941)}}
  14. Chlorion mirandum {{Au|(Kohl, 1890)}}
  15. Chlorion regale {{Au|F.Smith, 1873}}
  16. Chlorion semenowi {{Au|F.Morawitz, 1890}}
  17. Chlorion splendidum {{Au|Fabricius, 1804}}
  18. Chlorion strandi {{Au|Willink, 1951}}
  19. Chlorion striatum {{Au|Li & Yang, 1989}}
  20. Chlorion viridicoeruleum {{Au|Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau & Audinet-Serville, 1828}}

References

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Category:Sphecidae

Category:Apoidea genera

Category:Taxa named by Pierre André Latreille