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I see your reply only now.....: ) The perfect problem: In Systema Dipterorum it is found under Epitriptus. In Fauna Europaea it is found under Machimus. Based on habitus the latter feels better.....Lehr in 1996 declared Epitriptus synonym with Tolmerus....so it should indeed be Tolmerus arthriticus.......yet nowhere is that to be found......still searching