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Hi Will,

I am not familiar with the fieldguide you refer to, but identifying small insects with a general fieldguide is always tricky mainly due to the small porportion that's depicted. The genus Elassogaster you refer to turns out to be a Platystomatidae. I don't know this genus, neither can I tell from this picture whether it is a Ulidiidae or a Platystomatidae. To me it looks strikingly like the genus Euxesta, both Acrosticta and Euxesta are not well separated at this moment. Anyways, perhaps Valery has more experience with the African fauna and if it turns out to be a Platystomatidae then Andrew Whittington should be able to at least id the genus,

John