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cuckoo wasp I photographed in my garden in Prague
please help ID
Thank you
13- Ch.ignita?
14- no name
15- T.cyanea
16-Ch.inaequalis?
17- Ch.indica ?

Hi! I think you are right about C. indica, except that, to my knowledge, C. indigotea is the accepted name now. See:

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=15368

I would think that n. 14 is Omalus violaceus.
You are correct about T. cyanea.
However, I don’t think that n. 16 is C. inaequalis. Among other things, that sp. has a very high longitudinal keel along T III, and deep depressions on both sides of it, the teeth on the edge are crammed around the center, shorter hairs on head an notum and the punctuation on the tergites is much rougher and denser. However, I can’t suggest an other ID, for that, and for an ID of n. 13 you have to wait for an expert…

Wonderful pictures, would love to see them in higher resolution, do you have a homepage with higher res pics?

I know its not that helpful, but nr 16 should be a C. ignita cf (male), also nr 13 (female). But that wont get you much closer to a ID

/Alex

Hi Henrik, Thank you for your replica.Unfortunately I do not have photo TIII (no 16),yes,accept name C.indigotea
Thank Pepik
Hi Alex, thank you for your replica.I do not have a website,I was a guest at
BWARS http://www.bwars.com/index.php?q=species_gallery
Some photos used Luca for
Chrysis.net http://chrysis.net/database/chr_scheda. ... _austriaca
and
Biolib.cz http://www.biolib.cz/cz/galleryuser/dir596/?uid=394
greater resolution on the web is not,is limited data size
Greetings
Pepik

Looking at n. 16 again, it occurred to me that it could be Chrysis interjecta (perhaps male?)

(And yes, your pictures are incredible, and getting even better, as, for example, white balance is concerned. Congratulations!)

Hi Pepik,

13- Chrysis ignita (Linnaeus)
14- Pseudomalus violaceusLinsenmaier (wow)
15- Trichrysis cyanea (Linaeus)
16- Chrysis pseudobrevitarsis Linsenmaier (wow)
17- Chrysis indigotea Dofour & Perris (wow)

Fantastic pictures, as usual!

Ciao
Paolo

Thank you Paolo