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Georgios

yes, I would say Chrysis soror.

Cheers (and sorry for the late reply).
Paolo

Chrysis soror?

Chrysis soror ? (A. Berg) NE Peloponnese

... interesting form. Your specimen in Russia is usually identified as Chrysis scutellaris , even if the colouration is obviously different from ... to central Europe, then from eastern Europe and SE Europe only C. soror should be distributed. Nevertheless, I (and Arens) think that C. soror ...

... in the Swedish Museum of Natural History is given. The lectotypes of Chrysis diversa Dahlbom, 1845, C. soror Dahlbom, 1854, Chrysura sulcata Dahlbom, 1845 and Holopyga amoenula Dahlbom, 1845 are ...

... consist of two names: the first generic and second specific, e.g. Chrysis ignita . The combination of the two makes the name unique. Such a ... (from caeruleus, a, um [LAT, adj.] = light blue, cerulean blue) soror (from soror [LAT, nn.] = sister) angustatus (from angustare (LAT, past ...

Thanks Alex, for your reply. I'm already home so no collecting or sending any more unfortunately. There were a lot of interesting insects to study in Zakinthos. Thanks also for your suggestion of C. soror.

... , under that species in Linsenmaier 1997 Die Goldwespen der Schweiz; Chrysis soror, Dahlbom 1854, perhaps this could be it? It is simply described as "sehr ähnlich" ...