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I have this female specimen from the Black Sea coast, Romania. It is Choleva sp., it is possible to tell more?

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Alexandru, I think this is in "dorsigera-group" (sensu Jeannel), accordind to the shape of the tergite X. Choleva marseuli is the only species of this group recorded from Romania (as far as I understand, the only female from the Danube valley was known), however, the type of this species comes from SE Anatolia (Adana), and who knows whether the specimens mentioned in the Jeannel's description are conspecific.
Also, the figures of very similar pregenital segments were provided by Růžička & Vávra in "A revision of the Choleva agilis species group..." for a female specimen from Greece mentioned as Choleva cf. bosnica.
So, I afraid, the identity of the females of this species-group from Romania are not certain until male specimens are collected.

Dear Aleksei, thank you very much for your message and explanations , I will try to find more specimens next time when I will go there and let's hope for a male

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