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Hi Pavel,

in my opinion this should be C. iris.
Was this fantastic pic made in the outback ore was it ataken in a studio ?

All the best Paul

I have collected some Chrysis, but no sure if it is fasciata or iris...however both are new for the locality. I have collected there Chrysis equestris, but I think this isn´t same species. Cheers, Pavel

Hi Paul,
Thank you very much!
Yes, it is nice place. But I have worried, that this tree will soon fall.
The Ch.iris is very nice and rare species really. I am trying to find next very nice species Chrysis equestris. But I have not luck and I can not find this species...
Ciao
Lukas

Hi,
fantastic!
I would like to have such a tree in my home area.
And, of course, you list some species which I really want to see some day, like C. iris, which is very rare in our region. By the way: great pictures!
All the best Paul

... on this tree 15 species of Chrysididae. On this tree was watching Chrysis fasciata,fulgida,gracillima,graelssi,ignita,impressa,indigotea,iris,longula,marginata,mediadentata,mediata, pseudobrevitarsis,solida and Trychrisis cyanea...This ...

Exellent! I understand correctly?
http://macroid.ru/showphoto.php?photo=155749 - Chrysis iris
http://macroid.ru/showphoto.php?photo=151509 - Trichrysis cyanea
http://macroid.ru/showphoto.php?photo=148615&cat=64387 - Chrysis zetterstedti

Thanks!

... are very interesting, I will check them later. In the folder with Chrysis fasciata , none is C. fasciata . They are all Chrysis iris , then one Trichrysis cyanea and the last one should be Chrysis zetterstedti . Cheers ...

... consist of two names: the first generic and second specific, e.g. Chrysis ignita . The combination of the two makes the name unique. Such a ... = impressed) aurifera (from aurifer, a, um [LAT, adj.] = bring gold) iris (from iris [LAT, nn.] = rainbow) nitidula (from nitidus, a, um [LAT, ...

Very nice, its should be a Chrysis fasciata, note that it has a extra lateral teeth or angle on each side of the T3, making it 6 toothed. C. indigotea and C. iris only have four teeth.
There are several other characters that differentiate C. fasciata from these species, head shape for example.

The tridentate apical tergum is unique to the genus Trichrysis, atleast in northern/middle europe, which removes C. iris, Spinolia unicolor and other blue-green chrysidids. The most common species is the ubiquitous T. cyanea, but there are more species in the genus outside northern ...