Doratura vefele Bückle & Guglielmino 2022

D. vefele complex

(Figs 9M; 16A–E; 17E–L, O–S; 18D–G; 19G)

There are specimens of several localities in northern Spain, central Morocco and Tunisia (Fig. 56) which present ± the typical vertex shape and coloration of D. vefele but share not all the other characters of this taxon. Primarily in their aedeagus morphology (Figs 17E–L), they resemble rather D. stylata in so far as the basal shield is well developed and/or the ventral margin is slightly sinuate (but in all examined specimens completely smooth). In some cases (particularly in specimens from Morocco and Tunisia), the median denticle of the styles (Fig. 17R) is directed somewhat ventrad and therefore not easily visible without disconnecting the styles from the genital plates. The (only two) females (Figs 16C, E; from Tunisia and northern Spain, respectively) have a distinctly shorter ovipositor than the (two) females in the type series of D. vefele (Figs 15A, D; Morocco and southern Spain). A nymph (Fig. 9M) belonging to a series of specimens from Tunisia (Beja) displays the coloration pattern as observed in D. vefele (Fig. 9L) and D. stylata (Fig. 9A).