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Hello,

In 01/09/2023, my coleague collected 6 Sciapus specimens (1 male and 5 females) from Posidonia debris in a beach of the Greek island of Lesvos. I tried to identify them using both Grichanov's 2007 work on East Mediterranean taxa and Grichanov & Negrobov's 2014 revision, but with no clear result. I mostly keyed out around S. basilicus in both works, for both sexes, but I don't think that it is correct. Below, I provide photos of various diagnostic characters (male and female habitus, fore tarsus of the male, genitalia, pruinosity of the thorax and frons, etc). Unfortunately, the specimens are in quite a bad condition now (they shrivelled/dehydrated quickly after taking them out of ethanol), but I can take more photos if needed.

What do you believe?

Thanks!

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Male habitus 1.

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Female habitus.

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Male fore tarsus.

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Head, posterolateral view.

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Head, posterodorsal view.

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Frons.

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Male mesonotum.

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Female mesonotum.

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Female pleura.

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Various view of the genitalia. 1.

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