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mmmm ... difficult to say
however I consider this punctation of the abdomen very dense, therefore more closely related to P. incrassata

Other specimens of the same area :

© Danièle Tixier-Inrep
© Françoise Vaselli (last picture)

I would say Pseudochrysis incrassata , I fully agree that it is not so rare, but very localised. I attach some images from type specimens. ...

Actually they were found at the same place than the individual identified as P. incrassata on the other insect forum. I was not convinced, it would be interesting to know the morphological differences between both species first. Btw I think it is not a rare species ...

Hi Frank ! I recently found a couple of Pseudochrysis humboldti at Ribiers (Hautes-Alpes, France) and I noticed that the ... and denser than the male, she's also more coppery on thorax. Maybe I caught incrassata and humboldti at the same place but I think there is more probably a sexual ...

Hello, I would like to share with you some stunning pictures of Pseudochrysis sp. mating, made by Danièle Tixier-Inrep near Montpellier. I've ... Tergites look coarse, is this a reliable feature to ID as Pseudochrysis incrassata? 16072021-P1259864.jpg 16072021-P1259866.jpg 16072021-P1259867.jpg ...

... it's exaggerated due to the angle I shot it. In another post on this forum I saw the color of tegulae could help to differenciate humboldti from incrassata (blue on the first one, coppery on the second), I post two pictures of the second tergum and genitalia, if it could help to identificate it.

... P. humboldti , however a picture of the punctation on T2 and one of the genital capsule would be better for ID, because in S France there's also P.incrassata . Cheers