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Is P. meridionalis on the British list yet? I caught a Polietes last week (North Wales) that keyed to lardarius (hairs on the little plate between the front legs, prosternum?) in Fonseca's RES key, but had a brown face and bright yellow front spiracle, which according to Gregor et al. makes it meridionalis.

So I looked out a "lardarius" from this area two years ago, and it also has a brown face and yellow spiracle.

Both are females so the leg spine character is no use. And both were taken late in the year (Nov and Dec) so I was wondering if lardarius tend to be browner at this time of year. But if meridionalis is common in The Netherlands, Wales does not sound so unlikely.

John Bratton