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Hi Thibault, yes, they are enough for ID. It's a male of Chrysis daphnis . And the previous one is a female of Chrysis consanguinea . You can compare the punctation ...

... forebody (head and thorax). C. sehestedti is very large, like Chrysis integra , about 1 cm. In Southhern Spain there are several similar species ( Chrysis daphnis, Chrysis consanguinea, Chrysis vareana ) difficult to separate without the specimen ...

Shot today at approx. 1600 masl in Sierra Nevada, to the South of Granada.

... also been checked. Six lectotypes are designated in Kraków (ISEA-PAN): Chrysis acceptabilis Radoszkowski, 1891; C. persica Radoczkowsky, 1881; C. daphnis Mocsáry, 1889; C. lagodechii Radoszkowski, 1889; C. remota Mocsáry, 1889 and C. vagans ...