Species Account for Hedychridium coriaceum
Hedychridium coriaceum (Dahlbom, 1854)
a cuckoo wasp
Aculeata: Chrysididae
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Taxonomic group: bees and wasps (Aculeata) - County data
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Status: RDB 3
Essex RDB: Listed
Threat: Essex Threatened
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parasite on Lindenius albilabris
Species text
Hedychridium coriaceum is a ruby-tailed wasp recorded from open, sandy localities, especially heathland. This wasp is a parasitoid of larvae of the sphecid wasp Lindenius albilabris, a common species which nests in sunny areas of bare sand, but the Hedychridium has always been very much rarer than its host, with a handful of scattered sites in south and south-east England (Falk 1991b). In Essex it is restricted to a very few old commons and heathland sites. Adults are usually found near the nest burrows of the host but also visiting yellow composites and other flowers such as Yarrow Achillea milleifolium. References
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