Chrysis.net Forum

Thanks ALex, Chrysis corusca is a very rare species in The Netherlands, C. solida is unknown (not as a species but if it's rare, common etc.).

its a female Chrysis sp. in the ignita-complex, looks a lot like C. corusca, but could potentially be C. solida as well although the long T3 fits decidedly better with the former

I found this Chrysis today (9-7-2023), southern part the Netherlands in a nature reserve. On a wooden pole.

Could it be a Chrysis inaequalis? Because of the dent in the forehead and thick ridge tergiet 2-3?

Today, 7-7-2023
Location: nature reserve Southern part The Netherlands
a rather large, elongated Chrysis on a wooden pole.
At first I thought Chrysis immaculata but the coloring is not right, mayby C. inaequalis?
Or Chrysis ignita group?

Thank you again Thibault! I don’t think I have any more useful images so I will catalogue this one as a ‘possible’ inaequalis. Your help is really appreciated.

It looks like Chrysis inaequalis or mysticalis, usually the second has purple reflections ont the third tergite so I would prefer inaequalis.

looks like C. inaequalis but I would like to see the body from the side to say for sure, the mesoplueron is distinctly "toothed" in that species

Arne!

It is a Chrysis inaequalis Dahlbom, 1845.
Where did you collect it exactly, I need to collect some specimens in Belgium for analyses.

Thanks
Paolo

I've collected it in some ethanol so if necessary I can provide images under a microscope as well.

I think impossible to tell 100% from this picture, it could also be Chrysis inaequalis, C. claricornis...