Hedychridium parkanense, Hungary

[piros]

Hi Forum!
I found this wasp in Szeged, Hungary on Achillea millefolium inflorescense. Date: 28. 06. 2012. I don't really have a problem with its ID, I think it can not easily be misidentified , just thought it is such an unusual-looking Chrysidae you might like to see it. I have, however, a couple of questions: has this sp. collected outside of the Carpathian Basin? From what I could find out, it is very rarely collected anywhere, and it has been found only once in present-day Hungary at Siófok, near Lake Balaton (over 50 years ago?). Is this correct? (Paolo might know the answers to these questions.)

Best regards,

Henrik

[Euchroeus]

Hi Henrik!

Super species

It should be more distributed in central and Eastern Europe. I collected some specimens in central Ukraine (Kanev Reserve) and some other specimens are known from Austria.
Other known records are only from the Carpathian Basin (Slovakia, Hungary).
It is a small species, probably often confused with H. monochroum in old collections. It could be more distributed Eastwards, but we need more data.

Cheers
Paolo

[piros]

Dear Paolo,
I've forgotten to check this post, so I thank you now for the info! It seems then that this is probaply an eastern "steppicole" species.

Best regards,

Henrik