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C. indigotea always have four abdominal teeth, while this specimen obviously have three, so I guess thats a confirmation

Thanks for your reply Alex! The only other possibility for the Netherlands seems C. indigotea. And I don't think that is the case. So thanks for your confirmation.

... on an insecthotel, The Netherlands, southern part. I presume it is Trichrysis cyanea, because what could it be otherwise. I don't think it is T. indigotea (it misses the dark blue on the back and it is not known from my garden). But just to be sure. Am I correct? It was about 6-7mm.

... It could be, although it indica Schrank, 1802 is synonymised under indigotea Dufour-Perris, 1840. The key character (in Linsenmaier 1997) separating this species from Chrysis iris is the colour of the middle scutal field compared to the lateral fields, ...

Good evening everybody,

if I am not mistaken, this could be Chrysis indica. Can somebody please confirm ? Captured on 19 June 2013, Southern Bohemia, Czech republic.

Thank you.

David

Hi Pepik,

13- Chrysis ignita (Linnaeus)
14- Pseudomalus violaceusLinsenmaier (wow)
15- Trichrysis cyanea (Linaeus)
16- Chrysis pseudobrevitarsis Linsenmaier (wow)
17- Chrysis indigotea Dofour & Perris (wow)

Fantastic pictures, as usual!

Ciao
Paolo

... I do not have photo TIII (no 16),yes,accept name C.indigotea Thank Pepik Hi Alex, thank you for your replica.I do not have a ... Some photos used Luca for Chrysis.net http://chrysis.net/database/chr_scheda. ... _austriaca and Biolib.cz ...

Hi! I think you are right about C. indica, except that, to my knowledge, C. indigotea is the accepted name now. See: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=15368 I would think that n. 14 is Omalus violaceus. You are correct about T. cyanea. However, I don’t think that n. 16 ...

... to my pictures and many thanks for your useful informations about Chrysis indigotea. I´m interested in Chrysididae about 2 years, in the past only as a photographer. ...

... and it's really beautiful. I have only one suggestion about the name Chrysis indica . I would suggest you to change it in Chrysis indigotea Dufour & Perris, 1840. The name indica should be considered as a nomen oblitum. ...