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Bessa selecta
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Medina females have a peculiar “door-like” last tergite and often spiny bristles on the venter.

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Last tergit. Where is the venter?
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Venter = belly Smile

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Struggeld to get an good angel of the belly, hind legs always in the way!
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It is male...

What would help if you could make a picture ot the thorac from above and obliquely behind showing the dust pattern, hence try to avoid the light reflections.

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My apologies. Kinda forgot about this one. I Tried to take a picture of thorax, hope its good enough Smile

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OK, there are 4 post DC, I could have seen that sooner. So this is pretty rare in Blondeliini. We might be barking up the wrong tree.
I haven’t seen the wing venation yet, but given the anterior postion of ocellar bristles, my candidate is now Bessa (in which case selecta). Bend of vein M should have a fold.

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Well that settles it ! Bessa selecta it is.

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Thank you very much!TumbsUp

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