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Thank you for you reply!
"I would love to hear...."
So would I! :)

This was exatly the reason of my doubting my tentative ID, the lack of black bristles on the occiput!
Just for the record, I can't see black occipital bristles on the specimen shown as E. cognatus here:
https://www.miketaylornaturalist.co.uk/Checklists.html