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Lieber Claudia,

The situation is curious, and possibly there is nobody, who could tell with certainty now, which is which, neither I, nor Elena Kameneva, just because both species are not common in our country, and we're not that familiar with them, relying only on genitalic characters (which are very clear for both males and females). Bernhard Merz cannot tell either, but for another reason.

I'd prefer to have an absolute alcohol material of both species for DNA too. Baden-Wurttemberg must be pretty good place and right time for Otites porcus, centralis and guttata.

Let us think that you are now the only and the very best expert and have identified them correctly with the use of the only existing key by Bernhard!