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Hi folks,

the last day I stayed at our house in France near Nancy.
In the garden I found some huge (10 and more mm) specimen on wine-leaves.
I didn't find this species in Germany before. Is the shown animal a male of C. comparata?

All the best Paul

... ----Chrysidini: Chrysidea persica 1 Chrysidea pumila disclusa 2 Chrysis analis 5 Chrysis andradei 1 [imaged] Chrysis bidentata 2 Chrysis bihamata 1 [imaged] Chrysis cerastes 1 Chrysis chrysoprasina 3 Chrysis comparata 4 Chrysis corusca 1 Chrysis gracillima aurofacies  3 Chrysis gribodoi ...

a very large species, as Parnopes grandior ! (I have 2 old specimens, of 2 localities in my region ).

This one was shot in Trevelez, Granada, S Spain. 1500 masl. 12/08/2016

Hi Kurt,

thanks for the new picture,

it is not Chrysis analis, but another species in the same species-group:
Chrysis comparata Lepeletier.

What strikes me concerning this specimen, is the rectangle on the thorax. What species? Thanks. Kurt PS. It took me 7 attempts to upload and recrop the image(s). I don't know how to resize (save in lower resolution) my images on my iMac. Observed.org has software to resize uploaded images automatica...

Altra Chrysis per me di non facile determinazione. Sul campo avevo pensato a una specie del gruppo comparata per la forma complessivamente tozza. A casa però, per la morfologia della capsula genitale e del margine ...

... Spinola is given. The neotypes of six species are designated: Chrysis bicolor Lepeletier, 1806; C. comparata Lepeletier, 1806; C. dives Dahlbom, 1854; C. pumila Klug, 1845; C. succincta Linnaeus, ...