47. Chrysis ruddii Schuckard, 1837

Chrysis Ruddii Shuckard 1837: 163 . Syntypes; England (lost?). Mocsáry 1889: 493, Borries 1891: 96, Sahlberg 1910: 96 (as C. Buddü), Aurivillius 1911: 12 (as C. Ruddei).

Chrysis ruddii: Hellén 1920: 213, Trautmann 1927: 152, Jansson 1934: 287, Hellén 1935: 8, Benno 1950: 42, Balthasar 1954: 207, Fahlander 1954: 254 (as C. ruddei), Haupt 1957: 109 (as C. ruddi), Valkeila 1962: 64, Valkeila et al. 1963: 40, Tumšs & Maršakovs 1970: 93 (as C. ruddi), Erlandsson 1971: 88 (as C. ruddei), Banaszak 1980: 32 (as C. ruddi), Vikberg 1986b: 68, Yakovlev et al. 1999: 163, Söderman & Vikberg 2003: 45, Soon 2004: 23, 46, Bergsten et al. 2005: 14 (as C. ruddei), Polevoi et al. 2005: 111, Sörensson 2006, Kalniņš et al. 2007: 142 (as C. ruddi), Karlsson 2008, Sörensson 2008a: 80, Franzén & Norén 2009: 40, Artsdatabanken 2010, Fritz & Larsson 2010: 151, Johansson 2010: 118, Nolbrant et al. 2010: 59, Orlovskytė et al. 2010: 151, Paukkunen 2010: 538, Smissen 2010b: 192, Ivarsson 2011: 43, Molander 2011: 95, Soon & Saarma 2011: 15, Hallin 2012, Ranta 2012: 33, Dyntaxa 2013, Johansson 2013b: 21, Soon et al. 2014: 313.

Chrysis auripes Wesmael 1839: 175 . Syntypes; Belgium (IRSNB). Dahlbom 1854: 290, Thomson 1870: 108, Woldstedt 1875: 345, Bischoff 1925: 307.

Tetrachrysis Ruddii: Jansson 1922: 35.

Chrysis ignita var. ruddii: Allearter. dk 2010.

Chrysis ruddii ruddii: Rosa & Soon 2012 .

Distribution. Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden, Russian Fennoscandia.—Westpalearctic: Europe, Asia Minor (Linsenmaier 1997) .

Remarks. The species is widespread and the northernmost records are from Finnish Lapland (ca 69° northern latitude). However, it is usually scarce and local. In Finland it has been classified as near threatened (Paukkunen 2010).