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A Chrysura sp. found on my way, in the Drôme (S-E France). I thought first about C. rufiventris but I think it's not (?)

EDIT : Chrysura refulgens

... no comment on the low quality of your pictures :beer: Ok, this is Chrysura rufiventris . You can separate this species from Chrysura hirsuta by: - apical margin of the ...

... (maritime cliff). I thought it was Pseudospinolia neglecta from the shape but the vein seems to reach the wing margin... So I guess it could be Chrysura hirsuta (long hair on T3) but Im not 100% sure. Thanks in advance :) 51219288731_abdac4775c_o.jpg 51219233711_e9489d8c37_o.jpg 51220359270_5002528594_o.jpg ...

... these belong to the C. radians group, the total Iberian list is this: Chrysura austriaca Chrysura cuprea Chrysura dichroa Chrysura hybrida Chrysura ... Chrysura purpureifrons Chrysura radians Chrysura refulgens Chrysura rufiventris Chrysura simplex Chrysura sulcata Chrysura varicornis If we can ...

Hi chrysidid-fans :wohow: , I think it is a Chrysura of radians species group : propodeum is gibbous with a basal depression ... we can say : it is not the species with angulate propodeum (exit refulgens, rufiventris & trimaculata). Chrysura hirsuta is a mountain & septentrional ...

... of Megachilidae (Osmiini) which nesting in snails shells : Chrysura cuprea, dichroa, trimaculata rufiventris -> Osmia rufohirta, bicolor, aurulenta, (spinulosa ? ). Some Eumeninae (Leptochilus ...

... are black on the head+mesosoma, and the habitus really seems like a Chrysura sp close to rufiventris/sulcata . It doesnt perfectly match my one Chrysura rufiventris specimen, but it ...

For me here, the postscutellum is angulate : Chrysura sp (radians group).

With this postscutellum, I think of several possibilities : varicornis, sulcata, refulgens, trimaculata (& rufiventris?).

Jérôme

Chrysis rufiventris group ?

Ouahh nice finding : Chrysura rufiventris have a thick border in the profil view (fine in trimaculata & refulgens). In the half north ...