An illustrated key to the cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) of the Nordic and Baltic countries, with description of a new species Author Paukkunen, Juho Author Berg, Alexander Author Soon, Villu Author Odegaard, Frode Author Rosa, Paolo text ZooKeys 2015 548 1 116 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.548.6164 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.548.6164 1313-2970-548-1 D5D7B51E5AC6460D9B3C7584E46F9B3F D5D7B51E5AC6460D9B3C7584E46F9B3F Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Chrysididae Chrysis pulcherrima Lepeletier, 1806 Fig. 165 Chrysis pulcherrima Lepeletier, 1806: 127. Diagnosis. Length 6-8 mm. The species resembles Chrysis viridula by its colouration, but the head is dorsally partially red (not blue or green) in the female and occasionally also in the male. The mesosoma is dorsally red, as in Chrysis viridula , but the mesoscutum is medially green or blue in the male. The setae medially on the metatibia are shorter than the width of the tibia (Fig. 165) (not longer, as in Chrysis viridula ). Distribution. Denmark. Very rare. Only one female specimen is known from the island of Lolland (Strandby, 2.VIII.1919, leg. L. Jorgensen ). - West Palearctic: southern Europe ( Linsenmaier 1959 ). Biology. Habitat: sparsely vegetated sandy areas. Flowers of Apiaceae are occasionally visited by adults ( Mingo 1994 , Rosa 2004 ). Flight period: June to August. Host: unknown. According to Linsenmaier (1959) , one female (of ssp. similitudina Linsenmaier, 1959) was found in a colony of Cerceris rubida (Jurine) ( Crabronidae ).