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Chrysis taczanovskii female

PostPosted: 21 Jun 2019 23:08
by tamas
Hello All,
my first post:

Date of capture: today (Jun 21, 2019)
Location: an apartment building in Budapest, Hungary
Size: 10 mm (front to tip of T3)
Captured and photographed between PU foam and glass. Then released.

Your help will be much appreciated!
Tamas

Re: Chrysis female

PostPosted: 22 Jun 2019 08:28
by Euchroeus
:welcome: Tamas!!!

It's a female of Chrysis marginata aliunda,
beautiful cuckoo wasps!

Cheers
Paolo

Re: Chrysis female

PostPosted: 22 Jun 2019 08:41
by tamas
Thank you Paolo,

I have thought of marginata myself but 1st flagellomere looks so different on other C. marginata images on the net that I got completely confused. So it is just the angle of view.

Have a good weekend
Tamas

Re: Chrysis marginata aliunda female

PostPosted: 22 Jun 2019 10:48
by Euchroeus
Hi Tamas,

you're right.
Thanks for pointing out this feature.
Actually I think that this is the female of Chrysis taczanovskii.
This is visible for the transverse frontal carina and the shortened malar spaces.
These characters are not clearly visibile in the picture because of the angle, however this is not C. marginata.
Do you have other views?

Ciao
Paolo

Re: Chrysis marginata aliunda female

PostPosted: 22 Jun 2019 11:42
by tamas
Here are some more pictures full size, maybe helps
Tamas

Re: Chrysis taczanovskii female

PostPosted: 22 Jun 2019 13:22
by tamas
Below is the full size habitus picture. The way m joins cu also hints to taczanowskii?