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Rostov/ july

Здравствуйте, Богдан!

This is another interesting form.
Your specimen in Russia is usually identified as Chrysis scutellaris, even if the colouration is obviously different from C. scutellaris collected in western Europe.

Conventionally the distribution of C. scutellaris is W Europe to central Europe,
then from eastern Europe and SE Europe only C. soror should be distributed. Nevertheless, I (and Arens) think that C. soror is only the eastern colour variation of C. scutellaris because there is any difference in genitalia and females are separated only on the collecting locality.
The specimens from Rostov are somehow in the middle between C. scutellaris and C. soror, but only few data are available from Russia and more material is needed for a better study.

С Уважением,
Paolo

Thanks, Paolo. If you want to see http://macroid.ru/showgallery.php?mode=box&cat=708

Thank you Bogdan!

it's very interesting for me
There are some fantastic pictures!
Some species (in the unidentified group) are very interesting,
I will check them later.

In the folder with Chrysis fasciata, none is C. fasciata. They are all Chrysis iris, then one Trichrysis cyanea and the last one should be Chrysis zetterstedti.

Cheers
Paolo

Exellent! I understand correctly?
http://macroid.ru/showphoto.php?photo=155749 - Chrysis iris
http://macroid.ru/showphoto.php?photo=151509 - Trichrysis cyanea
http://macroid.ru/showphoto.php?photo=148615&cat=64387 - Chrysis zetterstedti

Thanks!

Hi Bogdan,

yes, right!

Chrysis zetterstedti = Chrysis fasciata zetterstedti Dahlbom 1845? http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=78996

Yes,

in Paukkunen et al. 2015 it was elevated to species rank.

Ciao