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Many thanks Paolo! Actually the tarsi are dark so it is not Spintharina of course :doh: Great if it could be C. valesiana , obviously this one is different from the C. graelsii found the previous years at the same place. Though except the color, I couldn't find much infos about ...

simply ... no words ...


I have only two comments:
Spintharina versicolor: it's a Chrysis varidens
Chrysis graelsii: with that colour it's very likely Chrysis valesiana.

Congrats, beautiful pictures for beautiful species

... Pseudochrysis [Pseudospinolia] uniformis : 52114456892_873fd1eecc_o.jpg Chrysis cf. valesiana : 52114276377_615b088e14_o.jpg

Chrysis analis (& simplonica) have a smaller transversal frontal carina than graelsi (& valesiana) ; malar space is inexistant in graelsi (small but distinct in analis & simplonica) ; an other criterium ...

should be Chrysis perezi (Chrysis valesiana ssp. perezi?), it's at least the graelsii-group

... : In his Faune de France, Berland & Bernard cited : France (Hérault, Var), Spain, Sicile, N. Africa. I have a male of graelsii group (like valesiana) of south of France (Aude), cought on wall (with many Eumeninae and some Megachilidae). I hesitated between graelsii, valesiana and perezi, ...

... any other option (in Spain only another species is known in this group: Chrysis graelsii ), which is usually without this green colour on forebody. ... specimen under the microscope ... There are no Chrysis perisi (ssp of valesiana) and opaca (ssp of graelsi) in Spain (They are mentioned in Linsenmaier, ...

Superb!

This one could be Chrysis valesiana Frey-Gessner.
Anyway not a common species at all!

Hi!

Yes, Alex is right on Chrysis valesiana .
Still not sure about the subspecies, maybe perezi could be limited to northern Africa.
Need to see the specimen.

Cheers
Paolo

Should be Chrysis valesiana ssp perezii

Nice pictures!