Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Chrysis ignita?

Posted by Jeroen K on 13-08-2010 13:36
#1
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!

Posted by conopid on 13-08-2010 15:21
#2
Impossible to tell. Even with a specimen it is extremely difficult to tell C ignita apart from three or four closely related species.

Posted by ChrisR on 13-08-2010 16:11
#3
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 Smile

Villu would be very interested to receive any chrysidid wasps from anywhere in the world Smile

Posted by Jeroen K on 13-08-2010 17:20
#4
OK, thanks. Next time I find one I will send it to him.

Posted by cthirion on 13-08-2010 17:55
#5
http://chrysis.net/chrysis/gallery/photo.php?beg=12

I rather do not think that it is Chrysis, Omalus gold Pseudomalus perhaps auratus?

Posted by Jeroen K on 15-08-2010 15:27
#6
OK, thanks a lot Camille! What charachteristics make you think this is Pseudomalus rather than Chrysis?