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... I would think that n. 14 is Omalus violaceus. You are correct about T. cyanea. However, I don’t think that n. 16 is C. inaequalis. Among other things, that sp. has a very high longitudinal keel along T III, and deep depressions on both sides of it, the teeth on the edge ...

cuckoo wasp I photographed in my garden in Prague
please help ID
Thank you
13- Ch.ignita?
14- no name
15- T.cyanea
16-Ch.inaequalis?
17- Ch.indica ?

Hello, Paolo You are right! This is Chrysis inaequalis – male (not a female). I decided not to post the photo of teeth on mesopleurae, because I did ...

... answer. I understood the situation. In a month I will make the necessary photo - genitalia in first. As I understood, You are interested in inaequalis group. Lets do the next - I will collect the specimens of this group during 2012 season, then I will send them and You will be able to decide ...

Hi Kate, Hello, Paolo A have a lot of inaequalis specimens and they all differ from "this species" by having ... think there are 2 teeth in your mesopleurae. However in Greece I collected many Chrysis mysticalis Linsenmaier, 1959. Werner Arens collected a lot of them in Peloponnese. ...

Hello, Paolo A have a lot of inaequalis specimens and they all differ from "this species" by having two teeth on mezopleuras (and not only this, of course). A must apologize, I had to notice this fact at first. I consider inaequalis ...

... mean! It's easy to get lost with Linsenmaier's keys. Your specimen is Chrysis inaequalis ssp. sapphirina Semenov. According to Linsenmaier it belongs to a different subgenus: ...

... of this species in my collection from Ukraine (Eastern Europe). I can not determine them according to Linsenmaier's keys properly - is it Chrysis rutiliventris Abeille 1879 (ssp. proba?), or may be it is Chrysis sinensis? I have doubts in this determinations. Could it be a new species? ...

Hi Gwen, this Chrysidid belongs to an other species group: Chrysis inaequalis group. Where did you take these pictures? In Southern France? In Souther France there ...

Hi all,
Is it possible to identifie this Chrysis sp. ? photo take in france south-east
I suppose it could be Chrysis ignita, what do you think about it ...
All chrysis I ever see look like this Chrysis sp., is it the most common specie in France ?
Gwen.