Chrysis comparata

Chrysis comparata is a species of cuckoo wasps (insects in the family Chrysididae).

Subspecies

 * Chrysis comparata comparata Lepeletier, 1806
 * Chrysis comparata orientica Linsenmaier, 1959

Appearance
The head and thorax are bluish green. The eyes and antennae are black. The abdomen is golden red, and the basis of the first segment is bluish green. The wings are smoked. The pronotum may be longer than the scutellum.

Biology
These wasps mainly parasitize hymenoptera belonging to the species Pemphredon unicolor, Hylaeus confusus, Paranthidiellum lituratum and Anthidium manicatum.

Locations
This species can be found in Europe and in the Near East.