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Hi

I think it's a male of Pseudochrysis fahringeri Trautmann

Cheers
Paolo

... case was recently published on the names Pseudochrysis and Pseudospinolia : Rosa P., Pavesi M., Soon V. & Niehuis O. (2017) Pseudochrysis ... to have been listed in the original description. One of these, Chrysura humboldti Dahlbom, 1845, was explicitly designated by Semenov (1892) as type ...

WOW

Congratulations!!!
For the finding and for the identification.
Even if we cannot see the shape of the head in frontal view, I think that you're right and this one should be Pseudospinolia humboldti!

Fantastic pictures and findings!

Felix Año Nuevo José!

Paolo

Francisco Rodríguez found this specimen also in Sierra Nevada (12-9-13). I think this is another Pseudospinolia, but tegulae looks blue. I wonder if it could be Pseudospinolia humboldti

Thanks !

... lusca (Fabricius, 1804); Pseudomalus abdominalis (Buysson, 1887); Pseudospinolia incrassata incrassata (Spinola, 1838). Taxonomical and systematic ... by Rosa (2003)] Hedychrum niemelai Linsenmaier, 1959 Pseudospinolia humboldti (Dahlbom, 1845) [valid species, not synonym of P. incrassata (Spinola)] ...