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From DK Midzealand 18th of June, small Chrysis about 5 mm, location with Symmorphus gracilis, Wonder if C. angustula. Assist appreciated.
Brgds Bjoern,

... 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 ... a, um [LAT, adj.] = cyan blue) Chrysis (from chrysos [GR, nn.] = gold) angustula (from angustus, a, um [LAT, adj.] = tight, short) gracilis (from ...

... is not part of the mediata, mediadentata, brevitarsis, pseudobrevitarsis type of species, rather the "inner" ignita -group ( ignita A/B, angustula [which it could perhaps also be] longula etc). From what I have seen it does not agree with ignita A, longula , and certainly not with corusca ...

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 ...

Questo esemplare, assieme ad altri due (un maschie una femmina) li ho catturati con una trappola aerea posizionata su di un salice morto.

10 VI 2012 Toscana - Italia
Asciano, torrente Asso, quota 350m

Lunghezza dell'esemplare: circa 6 mm

Yes, all specimens were about 12 mm length. But you are right, this specimens looks longer than typical angustula.
Pavel

Do you have the dimensions of this specimen?
It looks larger and longer than a typical angustula.

Paolo

This speceis I have found on old tree in floodplain forest. It could be Ch. angustula. I haven´t this species im my collection yet so I can´t to compare it.

... 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 ... etc. However there are numerous species, which can be excluded like: C. angustula , C. longula , C. subcoriacea , C. leptomandibularis , C. brevitarsis ...