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Dear MorganA,

Nice find! This is indeed a Machimus, but part of a complex of species only identifiable by examining male terminalia. The only species known from Northern Europe however, is Machimus intermedius. I've published about the species new for the Netherlands here: https://www.resea.../366964532 It includes an English summary which is quite extensive.
Currently I'm part of a group of several authors revising this species-group in Europe. If you would publish this record I'd implore you not to use the name cyanops. And if possible, catch a male and confirm it is M. intermedius!

Kind regards,
Elias