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 Chrysis ignita?
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| Jeroen K |
Posted on 13-08-2010 13:36
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Member Location: Kapellen, Belgium Posts: 1141 Joined: 03.04.09 |
Found it last week on the leaves of the butterfly-bush (Buddleja davidii) in my garden, Kapellen, Belgium. Is it Chrysis ignita, another Chrysis species or is it impossible to tell? Thanks in advance!
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| conopid |
Posted on 13-08-2010 15:21
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 Member Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1039 Joined: 02.07.04 |
Impossible to tell. Even with a specimen it is extremely difficult to tell C ignita apart from three or four closely related species.
Nigel Jones, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 13-08-2010 16:11
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
I agree with Nigel - I sent a large number of specimens that I had guessed were all C.ignita to a specialist called Villu Soon in Estonia. I don't think there were any ignita amongst them but it did turn up some very nice, more unusual species  Villu would be very interested to receive any chrysidid wasps from anywhere in the world
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Jeroen K |
Posted on 13-08-2010 17:20
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Member Location: Kapellen, Belgium Posts: 1141 Joined: 03.04.09 |
OK, thanks. Next time I find one I will send it to him. |
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| cthirion |
Posted on 13-08-2010 17:55
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Member Location: Awirs (Flémalle) Belgique Posts: 901 Joined: 13.08.04 |
http://chrysis.net/chrysis/gallery/photo.php?beg=12 I rather do not think that it is Chrysis, Omalus gold Pseudomalus perhaps auratus? cthirion |
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| Jeroen K |
Posted on 15-08-2010 15:27
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Member Location: Kapellen, Belgium Posts: 1141 Joined: 03.04.09 |
OK, thanks a lot Camille! What charachteristics make you think this is Pseudomalus rather than Chrysis? |
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