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... : 1 (=Pseudospinolia) Chrysura : 7 (but only 2 viewed in natura) Chrysis : 21 sexdentata-smaragdula group : 1 inaequalis group : 1 gracillima group : 1 (not found in natura for the moment) succincta group : 2 comparata group : 3 (1 not found in natura) graelsi group : ...

It is a Chrysis succincta-leachi group, as germari.
But for me it is Chrysis leachi (small blue band on the pronotum & T I, blue head).

But I prefer if P. Rosa confirm this ID ^^

Jerome, thank you for a useful answer! And very quick also. I will check out the succincta group but I'm content with "Chrysis sp.". Merci.
PS. I think the plant they were so interested in must be some kind of Euphorbia.

Nice picture : it is a Chrysis, succincta group. I can not say any more.

Hi Jerome,

yes, correct, succincta group.
Its apical margin is not so strange, many other species have a similar T3 in this group (actually there's an entire subgroup with elongated teeth, from C. grohmanni to C. variana, etc.)

Hi Paolo,
Chrysis pyrophana is in succincta group ? (with this T III margin ?)

Hello, I think it is a Chrysis of succincta group (bicolor or illigeri) but for ID, we need a good view of head (of profil, for the malar space ...

Absolutely fantastic

Great finding indeed, it's the female of Chrysis rubrocoerula Linsenmaier, and endemic species,
it belongs to the Chrysis succincta group.

Super!

For me it is not grohmanny (apical teeth stronger in grohmanny) but I think this species is effectively in the succincta group.

... scutellum is a problem for me : I have a specimen with these reflects). Chrysis bicolor/illigeri I think (I have difficulties for separate these 2 species). Chrysis group leachii-succincta for the last (without a view of the cavity, I can not say anything : I don't ...