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... 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, ...

Hi !

It's Chrysis gracillima aurofacies Trautmann ... from Spain or Portugal.
It's quite common in the Iberian Peninsula ...

the right locality is ...

Nice picture!
Yes, it appears to be C. gracillima, but without location I'm really not confident at all. Its always vital to have locality information when it comes to ID'ing insects, also date, even if approximate, wont hurt either.

Small, very slender Chrysis like Chrysis gracillima but thorax dark purple-green. On twigs where Osmia submicans was nesting.

Chrysis fasciata, Chrysis germari and Chrysis gracillima from northern Bohemia.

... some pictures by some lucky google searches; now I'm quite sure its Chrysis varidens Abeille, 1878, but I could be wrong. I dont remember collecting it, I probably assumed it was a C. gracillima (or closely related sp?) in the net, which were quite common and much more ...

... take place there. Last May I was lucky to take pictures of pairs of Chrysis gracillima and Chrysis viridula on a wooden needle, verifying the hypothesis Best regards Rudolf ...

... (e qui ci vorrebbe l'emoticon che arrossisce :) ). Quindi maschio di Chrysis gracillima

Ciao Andrea,

sei sicuro che sia una femmina? a me sembra un maschio di
Chrysis gracillima Foerster

Dai uno sguardo al lavoro della Valle d'Aosta, maschi e femmine di questa specie hanno il margine anale diversamente colorato.

Ciao
Paolo

Questa è l'unico esemplare femmina raccolto retinando su arbusti al margine di un bosco misto a prevalenza di leccio.
I dati di raccolta sono:

30 giugno 2011 - Toscana
Asciano (SI) loc. Lecceto; quota m 350
Leg. Petrioli A.