Stilbum cyanurum Insect Solitary Cuckoo Wasp Parasitoid Hymenopterus Crysididae

Stilbum cyanurum cm 2-2.2 Insect Solitary Cuckoo Wasp Parasitoid Hymenopterus Crysididae.
Family: Chrysididae.
Common name: The Large Cuckoo Wasp.
Syn. Chrysis cyanura, Chrysis amethystina, Chrysis splendida, Stilbum splendidum, Chrysis nobilis, Stilbum nobile , Chrysis punctatissima, Stilbum wesmaeli, Chrysis spinolae, Stilbum variolatum, Stilbum siculum, Stilbum pacificum, Stilbum calens.

Stilbum cyanurum is a large species of Old World cuckoo wasp, a hymenopteran insect in the family Chrysididae. It can reach a length of about 20 millimeters.
The color range of this widespread species is considerable, with typical specimens predominantly bluish green to bluish-purple, but varying up to reddish gold.
These wasps lay their eggs in the nests of various potter wasps (Delta unguiculatum, Katamenes arbustorum), sphecid wasps (Sceliphron caementarium, Sceliphron destillatorium and Sceliphron madraspatanum) and megachilid bees (Megachile).
This widespread species is present in southern Europe, North Africa, the Afrotropical region, the Australian region, the eastern Palearctic ecozone, the Near East and the eastern region.