Chrysis.net Forum

Thanks ALex, Chrysis corusca is a very rare species in The Netherlands, C. solida is unknown (not as a species but if it's rare, common etc.).

its a female Chrysis sp. in the ignita-complex, looks a lot like C. corusca, but could potentially be C. solida as well although the long T3 fits decidedly better with the former

I found this Chrysis today (9-7-2023), southern part the Netherlands in a nature reserve. On a wooden pole.

Could it be a Chrysis inaequalis? Because of the dent in the forehead and thick ridge tergiet 2-3?

Not really possible to say with these ignita-group specimens, it does not look like the true ignita to me, rather more like impressa/angustula/corusca etc

Hi David, For me corusca is slender, here I think it is a female of the ignita complex (maybe terminata if you have a better vue of the transversal carina, or ignita, horridula*, parietis*...). * What do you think Paolo about these ...

Hello,
Could it be Chrysis corusca?

David

... some others species with these cacaracteristic : C. ignita, maybe C. corusca, or parietis ?, horridula ?, etc). I have no many males, more females. ... carina), but it is very problematic for others species. remark : Chrysis parietis and horridula are very hard to differenciate of ignita (only ...

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Its not C. terminata or C. ignita, they have longer, sharper teeth on T3 and coarse punctation on T2, as well as a more heavier build. Its probably C. angustula, but it could be other species, like corusca, schencki, impressa etc, at least I cant rule them out.

... those. I'm quite sure its a species with long ovipositor and wide, evenly arched separation of the two middle teeth of the last tergite ( longula, corusca, angustula, impressa, schencki, borealis, terminata, leptomandibularis, ignita, vanlithi, ruddii, subcoriacea ), and its extremely unlikely ...