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... wide, evenly arched separation of the two middle teeth of the last tergite ( longula, corusca, angustula, impressa, schencki, borealis, terminata, leptomandibularis, ignita, vanlithi, ruddii, subcoriacea ), and its extremely unlikely its any of the last six of those species listed. Of the prior ...

... consist of two names: the first generic and second specific, e.g. Chrysis ignita . The combination of the two makes the name unique. Such a ... free, without relationship) leachii (dedicated to William Elford Leach) leptomandibularis (from leptos [GR, adj.] = thin) + ( mandibula [LAT, nn.] ...

... is not easily photographed, I've tried and failed many times :doh: The mandibles are very thin, although not "super" thin (as in leptomandibularis ), so perhaps schencki is a good candidate? The brown pubescence on the head also agrees with it, but I'm still very inexperienced ...

Ciao Andrea,

Chrysis angustula.
Le mandibole di leptomandibularis sono molto più sottili.
Da qualche parte (qui o su FEI) ho postato l'immagine SEM delle mandibole, ma non ricordo dove, se hai tempo prova a cercarle, altrimenti riscannerizzo l'immagine.

Ciao
Paolo

Ciao Andrea è un maschio di Chrysis angustula o di leptomandibularis . Siccome nei maschi la distinzione è minima, ti chiedo di controllare le mandibole. Se ...

Hi! I agree with Paolo that it is not Chrysis mediata . The ovipositor is just not right for C. mediata . I suspect it ... check the mandible from profile. C. schencki has rather thin mandible, only C. leptomandibularis has it more slender. Also you should be able to see if the mandible ...

... I can't help much, even worse I am not even sure about the Chrysis mediata subgroup. The ovipositor is just not fully extended and I ... can be excluded like: C. angustula , C. longula , C. subcoriacea , C. leptomandibularis , C. brevitarsis , C. pseudobrevitarsis . Unfortunately ...