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Thanks a lot, Alex! Do you know this: When I check distribution maps of the three mentioned species, then H. nobile seems to be much more frequent than H. niemelai or H. gerstaeckeri. Is this true that H. nobile is more frequent, or are the other 2 species maybe as frequent as H. nobile, but are mos...

male of either H. nobile or H. niemelai, impossible to say which, could perhaps be a H. gerstaeckeri as well

... dry) Time: 29. May 2024 Photos: Markus Koschinsky Body size: approx. 6,5 mm Dear Forum, I think this is Hedychrom nobile, male... or is it H. rutilans, or even somehting else? Thanks, Codo IMG_9296a_kl.jpg IMG_9299a_kl.jpg IMG_9313_kl.jpg IMG_9314_kl.jpg IMG_9329a_kl.jpg

Jérôme: thank you for posting this correction! I did not see the Rosa et al paper you refer to but now I have found it online. Merci!

Hi,
It is Hedychrum viridiaureum (recently separated from rutilans see Rosa et al 2024).
The median part of the scutum is in part darkened.

Regards,
Jérôme

Thank you very much Alex.
Greetings Kuv

yes, a female

2023-08-02-Goldwespe (Chrysididae) Hedychrum rutilans xxx-an Rainfarn-Halstenbek-Blocksberger Moor-ZSC3068.JPG 2023-08-02-Goldwespe (Chrysididae) Hedychrum ...

Thanks Alex!

Codo

yes, can confirm that it is a H. rutilans female