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Wow, this is really cool 8-) It's closely related to Chrysis rutiliventris and it really seems Chrysis valenciana Hoffmann. Wow. It would be super interesting ...

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. Rather ...

Specimen from Col de Cayolle, Mercantour, France, 2100m absl.

Any idea ?

EDIT : Chrysis rutiliventris

... dense for C. impressa , as does the quite narrow apical rim. The coastal location, punctuation, red sternites and white hairs makes me think of C. rutiliventris , but it seems less "particular" than that species. Have very limited experience with C. rutiliventris , in the Nordics the ...

Fantastic :photo: I would say male of Chrysis ruddii for the the short pronotum, short teeth on the apical margin of the ... red venter with black spots widely separated and subrectangular. Chrysis rutiliventris is the similar species, but I don't think it is this case. Let's see ...

Hi Paul, For the species that you're not found, I think it is Chrysis varidens ? This species is common in mediterranean area, I was very ... calimorpha, fulgida, splendidula, obtusidens, comta, pseudobrevitarsis, rutiliventris, mediadentata, schencki). And maybe some confusions are possibles ...

Ciao Ettore, dovrebbe essere una Chrysis ruddii o Chrysis rutiliventris . Escludo del tutto che possa essere un parassitoide di Polistes , perché i loro ospiti sono ...

Ciao Roberto,

Alex is right, it's a female of C. rutiliventris portmanni described from Morocco, Col du Zad.
It's the type locality!

Ciao
Paolo

... quite well I'd recon. EDIT: Checked the article, it fits very well with Chrysis rutiliventris ssp. portmanni Linsemaier1968

Riprendo con i crisidi marocchini . Lunghezza: 8.5 mm, raccolto in un unico esemplare:
Marocco, MEKNES-TAFILALT – Pressi Col du Zad, 20.V.2017, leg. R. Rattu