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... tergite) from above wouldn't be amiss either ;) Its most likely not C. taczanovskii they should not be this coloured in my experience and the head ... ocellus" occurs in many places in Chrysidini, and in different Chrysis species groups.

Is this distinctive Chrysis, with the brow ridge curved round to enclose the foremost ocellus, definitely taczanovskii?

Or are there other species with this appearance?

This one comes from the Algarve in Portugal.

Hi Mihailo,

I think that your specimen is a female of Chrysis taczanovskii Radoszkowski.
Diagnostic are the long and subparallel genae and, shape of anal teeth, colour of the abdomen on the second tergite and general habitus elongated.

Cheers
Paolo

Hi Kate!

It looks like Chrysis taczanovskii Rad.,
sure that it is not this taxon?

Cheers
Paolo

Dear colleagues,

I have one specimen - female from Eastern Ukraine (south of Donetsk region).
It looks like to be Chrysis (Cornuchrysis) quadrispina Byusson, 1887 (obviously it belongs to cerstes group).
Please, help to confirm the ID.

Kate

... in literature and not listed before. New species described in 2012 : Chrysis alcudiae Reder & Arens, 2012. Spain: Balearic Is. Hedychridium ... & Nikol'skaya), 1967) ( Chrysis ( Tetrachrysis )) MOLDAVIA: Izmail (taczanovskii group) The total number of European taxa is now increased to ...

Ah, the marvelous MP-E ofcourse..
makes me wish I had a Canon instead of a Nikon, hehe.

Cheers!
/Alex

Hi Alexander,



The images are done with Canon 7D and Canon MP-E 65. Offcourse with the help of photostacking software (I have buyed HeliconFocus, as I preffer that to the others).

All my best,
cosmln

Incredible photographs! Just stunning.
I assume you use photo-stacking, but do you use a macro lens or do you strap the camera to a stereo microscope?

also for this one