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Good Morning Paul, to imply definitely is questionable using Shatalkin because my dissection does not match Shatalkin's drawings at all. Further, Calliopum simillimum is not recorded in Berlin according to the Entomologische Gesellschaft Berlin, so we must be sure that noone can say that I've misidentified it.

However, if Paul Beuk says that it is Calliopum simillimum then it must be so. I've found the Remm_Elberg_1979 pdf on this website in the downloads. I now see that it is definitely Calliopum simillimum. I also see that Shatalkin stinks. He doesn't even offer dorsal, lateral AND ventral views of the genitalia. I am never using Shatalkin again. I'm sticking with the Remm_Elberg document. Thank You for posting this Excellent document and for identifying this specimen.

I doff my hat to you Sir Paul. Thank You.

I've attached the comparison to Shatalkin's bad drawing.