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Ah ok I see the differences for the angle of dorsal view of the head !

for your remarks and tips !

Angles of head are rounded and sternite 2 is black with a median small greenish mark.

I make one "good" picture of genitalias (ventral view) and it'is ok ! (it is not easy ^^).

... style, see this example): genitalia.jpg 3) a picture of the sternites, to see the metallic reflections. Ciao! PS: the correct name for Hedychridium valesiense Linsenmaier is Hedychridium rossicum Gussakowskji

Hello, I found this chrysid on soil. (26/6/2019, some km north-east of Dijon, France). New :geographic coordonate when I found this chrysidid and the other (in the mail ;-) ) : 47.426712 , 4.914767 Abdomen is red metallic, not orange dull. genitalia looks like H. valesiense Lins. (I used the key in ...

Hi!

interesting finding.
I'm not sure, but this could be the male of Holopyga merceti Kimsey or H. duplicata Linsenmaier.
However, not even Linsenmaier (1997) was able to separate males of these two species.

Thanks Alex,
Lets see what Paolo has to say,

Cheers,

Guillermo

its a Holopyga, the sharp temples in the last image is rules out Hedychridium and Hedychrum. No idea what species though, I find the genus hard to get a grip on

Nice pictures, both these and the other posts!

Dorsal view.

Another shot including the face.

Hi Paolo, Thanks a lot for your answer! Hedychridium caputaureum I hadn't on the screen. Til now I only know very few localities for that species in our region and all have a sandy ground. I could only see them there till the end of July. (Ive ...

Hi Paul,

I'm not sure 100%.
It could be also a form of Hedychridium caputaureum, for the evident golden-green face and posterior margin of pronotum.

Ciao!