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another Anthaxia from Greece that I don't know ere to put.
collected in 18.may.2010 in north-east of Greece, Thracia (41.666082/26.243372).
size of the specimen is almost 10 mm (for the female), and a little more of 8 mm for the male. in the photo is not good represented the orange color of that dot on pronotum (is more pronounced). althe female is more orange on the head and lateral of part of prnotum (between the black band and margins).

in photo female, male & male genitalia.

grazie,
cosmln

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Dragonflies of Romania

Hello Cosmin

Anthaxia (Cratomerus) scorzonerae (Frivaldszki 1838)

thanks Georgi, this was my chose too but preferred to wait for an answer.

cosmln

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Dragonflies of Romania

It is a common species in the lowlands of Bulgaria.Here is one male from BG.Of course your pictures are better.
Just noticed a mistake, the author must be Frivaldszky