Hedychrum nobile or rutilans?>nobile, nimelai, gerstaeckerir

[Codo]

Location: Germany, Northrhine-Westphalia, Rheine, 35 m above sea level, garden (sandy & dry)
Time: 29. May 2024
Photos: Markus Koschinsky
Body size: approx. 6,5 mm

Dear Forum,

I think this is Hedychrom nobile, male... or is it H. rutilans, or even somehting else?

Thanks,

Codo

[Alex]

male of either H. nobile or H. niemelai, impossible to say which, could perhaps be a H. gerstaeckeri as well

[Codo]

Thanks a lot, Alex!

Do you know this: When I check distribution maps of the three mentioned species, then H. nobile seems to be much more frequent than H. niemelai or H. gerstaeckeri. Is this true that H. nobile is more frequent, or are the other 2 species maybe as frequent as H. nobile, but are mostly taken wrongly as H. nobile, because they're so similar?

Regards,

Markus