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Many thanks for your detailed answer Paolo. Actually I knew there were some changes to make in the taxonomy of Holopyga, but I was not aware about the new names, apparently I missed your paper, shame

... Moreover, I think that this is complex of species (see the case discussed by Rosa & Pavesi 2021 on Holopyga gogorzae ). Reminder: the name H.ignicollis has changed. It is synonym of H. chrysonota . H. chrysonota (sensu Linsenmaier 1959) is now H. similis Mocsary, 1889 (basically the same ...

... seems to be half deep blue without golden reflection... much more than in my other specimens. But I guess the head is also deep blue for H. ignicollis , so that doesn't match? Thanks in advance. original.jpg

Ah great, so here is it...

Does the male look like the female (unlike H. ignicollis) ? I could find any info on the web.

Because I think the 2nd specimen could be a male.

I found many of Holopyga, Northern France (close Le Havre), I think it is H. chrysonota as I doubt it could be H. ignicollis (?). That would be nice to get confirmation. Here are 2 specimens, it is a female on the first 2 first picture. I don't know about the other one. Cheers, ...

... ----Chrysidini: Chrysidea persica 1 Chrysidea pumila disclusa 2 Chrysis analis 5 Chrysis andradei 1 [imaged] Chrysis bidentata 2 Chrysis ... 1 Hedychrum rutilans 9 Hedychrum -indet 6 Holopyga gorgozae 1 Holopyga ignicollis 2 Holopyga -indet 12 Philoctetes dusmeti 1 [imaged] Philoctetes ...

Hi, @ Paulo: Thanks for Determination! So I can fix it. In this locality H. chrysonota, H. ignicollis and H. austrialis live together. That makes it sometimes a litte difficult for me. But I try to get better pictures. @ Horst: Ja, obwohl aus der Region nachgewiesen, ...

... the first two show a male of H. austrialis. Maybe this goes into the direction of the animal I wished to have determinated. I cannot exclude H. ignicollis, but I took some pictures of animals who are probably males of H.chrysonota. All the best Paul

Hi Paul,

it can be Holopyga austrialis or H. ignicollis, but it is not clear from the pictures.
Did you collect the specimen?

... also been checked. Six lectotypes are designated in Kraków (ISEA-PAN): Chrysis acceptabilis Radoszkowski, 1891; C. persica Radoczkowsky, 1881; C. ... 1891, syn. n. of C. keriensis Radoszkowski, 1887; C. angustifrons var. ignicollis Trautmann, 1926, syn. n. of C. eldari (Radoszkowski, 1893); C. ...