Apart from the shape of the patch of pigment at the posterior end of the abdomen (Figs. 1, 2), Dicyrtomina saundersi (Figs. 3, 4) is identical in appearance and morphological characters to Dicyrtomina ornata. In Dicyrtomina ornata, there is a solid patch of dark pigment at the posterior end of the abdomen whereas in Dicyrtomina saundersi, this patch has a distinctive pattern (Figs. 1, 2). I am not entirely convinced (and neither was Lubbock) that Dicyrtomina ornata and Dicyrtomina saundersi are separate species although recent molecular evidence suggests that they are. Consequently, several of the literature records on the map for Dicyrtomina ornata represent Dicyrtomina saundersi. Conversely, the map on the left should be much more 'spotty' as many literature records have recorded Dicyrtomina saundersi as Dicyrtomina ornata. The situation is in need of clarification.

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Figs. 1 (above), 2 (left), 3 (below left) and 4 (below right): Dicyrtomina saundersi from a garden in Reading.