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... it was too early for my target species (mainly Philoctetes putoni and Hedychridium cupreum ). Though I did find some other species of Chrysids... In Spain I focused in the surroundings ...

Germany, Schleswig-Holstein, City, 11.07.2009, ~ 5,5mm

Präsenz Region: Hedychridium ardens, Hedychridium coriaceum, Hedychridium cupreum, Hedychridium roseum.





Vg, Horst

Germany, Schleswig-Holstein, City, 6.10.2015, ~ 5,5mm

Präsenz Region: Hedychridium ardens, Hedychridium coriaceum, Hedychridium cupreum, Hedychridium roseum.



Hallo, ist hier eine Bestimmung möglich?

Hello David,

Beautiful pictures! Yes, I'd say its a H. ardens, its far too punctured on the mesonotum to be H. cupreum and while it has punctures its still shiny, which rules out H. coriaceum.

/Alex

... und Coll. W. Arens. (Holotype in Arens private collection). Chrysidinae Hedychridium anithaae Strumia, 2014: 475 Holotype ♂, U.A.Emirates, Wadi Bih ... : Noumeasega decorata (Kimsey, 1995) (Kimsey 2014: 26) Hedychridium cupreum asianum (Linsenmaier, 1997) (Rosa P., Wei N-s., Xu Z-f., 2014: 18) ...

... of five subfamilies. Four species are proposed as new combinations: Hedychridium cupreum asianum (Linsenmaier, 1997), Philoctetes deauratus (Mocsáry, 1914), Ph. mordvilkoi ...

... Nordic and Baltic countries. Lectotypes are designated for Hedychrum cupreum Dahlbom, 1845, Chrysis zetterstedti Dahlbom, 1845, Chrysis succincta ... given. Chrysis integra Dahlbom, 1829 is found to be a new synonym of Hedychridium ardens (Coquebert, 1801) and Chrysis scintillans Valkeila, 1971 ...

... [RUS, nn.] = soul) [f.] Hedychreides (derivated from Hedychrum ) [m.] Hedychridium (derivated from Hedychrum ). Comment: we are sure that Abeille ... name is referred to the "leathery" punctuation on the thorax. cupreum (from cupreum [LAT, adj.] = coppery) purpurascens (from purpurascere ...

I can credit all (the little I have) knowledge in this matter in that I stumbled upon this once: http://www.bwars.com/index.php?q=conten ... dychridium

a very nice explanation of the puncture density of the three similar species ardens/cupreum/coriaceum

... know if you have other species in Czech Republic which it can be confused with however. From the cropped picture it is obvious that it is not H. cupreum or H. coriaceum, which (at least in Sweden) are the two other species it can be confused with. /Alex