Chrysis subcoriacea

Chrysis subcoriacea

It is a wasp of the Chrysididae family.
Cuckoo Gold wasp -Chrysis subcoriacea I could not believe my eyes and my luck when I saw one day this beauty very interested in the creivices of one of our very rusty house windows! This happened in May 2019 and unfortunately I have not seen one alike ever since then but now I know they are around, in my area :-)

It looks like Chrysis subcoriacea based on the images in this article but please correct me if my current ID is wrong:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324532511_De_Nederlandse_en_Belgische_goudwespen_van_het_genus_Chrysis
https://vespa-g2n.jimdofree.com/chrysioidea/chrysididae/chrysis-subcoriacea/

https://www.jungledragon.com/image/125468/gold_wasp_-chrysis_subcoriacea.html Belgium,Chrysis subcoriacea,Cuckoo Wasp,Geotagged,Spring

Appearance

Head and thorax metal green-blue and abdomen segments purple. 7-10 mm in length.
Closeup Cuckoo wasp (Chrysididae) Macro shots, Beautiful nature scene. Closeup Cuckoo wasp (Chrysididae) sitting on the flower in a summer garden. Geotagged,Spring

Distribution

Europe.
Gold wasp -Chrysis subcoriacea This is a side view of the same wasp :-)
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/125462/gold_wasp_-chrysis_subcoriacea.html Belgium,Chrysis subcoriacea,Cuckoo Wasp,Geotagged,Spring

Behavior

These wasps parasitize other species of hymenoptera such as solitary bees.

Habitat

Sunny forest edges and calcareous grasslands.

References:

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https://vespa-g2n.jimdofree.com/chrysioidea/chrysididae/chrysis-subcoriacea/
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324532511_De_Nederlandse_en_Belgische_goudwespen_van_het_genus_Chrysis
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysis_subcoriacea
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderHymenoptera
FamilyChrysididae
GenusChrysis
SpeciesChrysis subcoriacea
Photographed in
Belgium