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 Hello

They are many but how to differentiate distinguenda of ornata.
Collected today.

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 IN males, distinguenda has all hairs on tergites adpressed.
So this (this is a male !) is ornata. Distinguenda is a spring species, but not so early as ornata.
The proportions of the face also differ, but this is trickly and you'd need material for comparison

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