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Hi Alexander, thanks for your response to my request for help. I appreciate your expertise!
Miroslav

This is not C. ruddii , they have much more contrastingly gold/red/purple reflections, very dense punctation and are very broad. This is one of the slender species, like C. leptomandibularis or a slim C. angustula . Without looking ...

Hello, may you please help me with the ID of the species shown on the attached pictures?
Thanks in advance,
Miroslav

... be a male of H. incrassatum (with a swelling on apical margin of T3) - Chrysis succincta ? (from Spain). It belongs to this group, but there are ... there. I need to check it. - Chrysis ignita group: it seems a Chrysis ruddii Cheers

Specimen in the C. ignita complex, Col de la Cayolle, Mercantour, France :

EDIT : Chrysis cf. ruddii

For the last one I think it could be Chrysis ruddii or C.rutiliventris for the narrow pronotum, the dark coloration on head and thorax and the altitude. ...

I agree with Paolo, it could be the male to the female ignita-complex specimen you also posted.

Fantastic :photo: I would say male of Chrysis ruddii for the the short pronotum, short teeth on the apical margin of the abdomen, red venter with black ...

Hi Paul,
At the begining I think that the first chrysidid was ruddii but the first flagellomere have metallic reflects, malar space is too small (but these criteria are not easy to see here).

Hi,
the first one reminds me a litte bit on C. ruddii.
Paul