TY - T1 - Flying jewels : Taxonomy and distribution of Northern European cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera : Chrysididae) SN - / UR - URN:ISBN:978-951-51-4649-6; http://hdl.handle.net/10138/258648 T3 - A1 - Paukkunen, Juho A2 - PB - Helsingin yliopisto Y1 - 2018 LA - eng AB - Cuckoo wasps (Chrysididae) include more than 2500 described species, all of which are parasitoids or kleptoparasites of other insects, predominantly solitary wasps and bees. They favor warm, dry and sunny habitats, and their bodies are typically highly sculptured with bright metallic colours. About 490 species are currently known in Europe, but the actual number of species is estimated at 550-600. The objectives of this study were to: 1) to determine which species of cuckoo wasp occur in Northe... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - hyönteistiede; taksonomia N1 - PP - ER -