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it's a female in the ignita-group for sure, looks like on of the species with slender ovipositor. Perhaps impressa/longula/ignita s.s., hard to say for sure from just images I'm afraid

Technically it is enough to photograph the needed details, it's just that it takes a lot of effort to check them against a key or diagnosis. Even the people who basically know the differences by heart are still hesitant to give an ID, it's often not "worth it" . The risk of getting the ID ...

Hi Alex, thank you for your comments! - Yes that's a good point about the separate posts :doh: , thx. - I will have a look at that publication. I thought by catching a live specimen and photographing every detail I encountered in the key for sure it would reveal itself :D . Oh well, back to the draw...

... to post more pictures than is allowed per post. I suppose it could be longula , but males in the ignita -group are very hard to ID, even when you ... BUDRYS, BUDRIENE, RADZEVICIUTE, SOON 2016 Sibling species in the Chrysis ignita complex molecular, morphological and trophic differentiation ...

Hello forum,

Is this a male Chrysis longula? I have more pictures if required.

On bee hotel (Netherlands).

thank you,
Olger Krischan

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Hello forum,

I've captured this Chrysis on my bee hotel. I think it is a male C. longula and would like to get confirmation or a new name if possible

pictures in two posts

thank you,
Olger Krischan

... in dry specimens. Some of the most famous cases are the holotypes of Chrysis terminata , Chrysis ignita lugubris and Chrysis longula aeneopaca . For this reason I do not trust so much on colours. However there are a ...

Hi,
two days ago I found a little Chrysis(Ca. 10mm) and I'm not sure how to label it.
Could this be a male of C. longula?
Thanks and all the best!
Paul

Hello,

It's a female in the "ignita-complex", it should be either Chrysis impressa or C. longula, and I'm leaning towards the former.

Nice pictures!
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