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Dovrebbe essere la femmina di Chrysis albitarsis Mocsáry (gruppo elegans)
ma siccome vado a memoria potrebbe anche essere una femmina di Chrysis marani (gruppo succincta)

per confermare ho bisogno di una foto del capo in visione frontale,

... (di Sardegna). Questo esemplare misura 3.5 mm. Raccolto con piattino colorato giallo. Per quanto riguarda il gruppo di riferimento arrivo a succincta-leachii . Per quanto riguarda la specie invece, non trovo corrispondenze sicure utilizzando chiavi e disegni nel lavoro di Linsenmaier. Località ...

Hi Ian,

yes, Alex is right this is the female of Chrysis chrysoscutella Linsenmaier.

It belongs to the C. succincta group, but to the germari subgroup.

Cheers
Paolo

Its a Chrysis sp. in the succincta-group, and the bicolor-subgroup. Perhaps something close to C. grohmanni or similar?

Nice picture!

... Spinola is given. The neotypes of six species are designated: Chrysis bicolor Lepeletier, 1806; C. comparata Lepeletier, 1806; C. dives Dahlbom, 1854; C. pumila Klug, 1845; C. succincta Linnaeus, 1767; Hedychrum bidentulum Lepeletier, 1806. The lectotypes of ...

... traps, leg. A van Harten (Holotype in Strumia private collection). Chrysis maidaquensis Strumia, 2014: 488 Holotype ♀, U.A.Emirates, Wadi Maidaq, ... by Paukkunen et al. 2014: 46 ; Sweden, Laxbro (ZMUL) Chrysis succincta var. chrysoprassina [!] Trautmann 1927: 159, nom. praeocc., nec ...

... one from Sweden and 15 from Russian Fennoscandia. Elampus foveatus and Chrysis pulcherrima are reported for the first time from the Nordic and Baltic ... cupreum Dahlbom, 1845, Chrysis zetterstedti Dahlbom, 1845, Chrysis succincta var. chrysoprasina Trautmann, 1927, Chrysis succincta var. virideocincta ...

... looking then :) The apical teeth seems to me much too wide set, sharp and well developed, and the transverse frontal carina too distinct for the succincta -group, but I have little experience with the continental fauna - we only got bicolor and illigeri up in Sweden... It seemed to me to match ...

... 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 ... under (in compound names)) + ( coriaceus, a, um [LAT, adj.] = leathery) succincta (from succingere [LAT, past part.] = wrap, armed with) Comment, ...