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M. bamakoi M. collarti M. confusus M. eidmanni M. elongata M. evidens M. foenisex M. giltayi M. hesperia M. ichneumon M. lawrencei M. lulengan M. lulengensis M. marshalli M. marshalli M. maxillosa M. militaris M. mussungue M. naro M. natalica M. richardsi M. rufisquei M. tristis from Israel M. tristis from Saudi Arabia M. tristis by Wanless