Table 2 For each species used for the validation, number of successful identifications, number of descriptors used by end user when the identification was correct, and theoretical number of descriptors following strictly the list of the Xper original sort

C. begueti

3

8

9.3

10

0.9

7*

C. brunnicans

3

3

6

9

2.4

6

C. cameroni

3

3

6.3

9

2.5

5*

C. chiopterus

3

4

6.3

10

2.6

7

C. circumscriptus

4

5

6

8

1.2

5*

C. dewulfi

4

9

9.7

11

0.8

10

C. fascipennis

2

9

9.5

10

0.5

8*

C. fascipennis

1

9

9

9

0

8*

C. festivipennis

4

5

7

10

1.9

6*

C. haranti

3

6

7.3

9

1.2

7*

C. heliophilus

3

7

8

10

1.4

7*

C. imicola

5

4

5.8

8

1.5

6*

C. kibunensis

1

11

11

11

0

9*

C. longipennis

3

5

8.7

11

2.6

7*

C. lupicaris

2

6

7.5

9

1.5

7*

C. minutissimus

3

3

4

5

0.8

5

C. montanus

5

5

6.8

9

1.3

9

C. newsteadi

4

6

8.5

14

3.2

7*

C. nubeculosus

6

3

3.7

5

0.7

5

Obsoletus complex

5

9

9.4

11

0.8

10

Obsoletus complex

3

7

8.3

10

1.2

10

C. paradisionensis

1

8

8

8

0

7*

C. parroti

6

3

4.2

5

0.9

5

C. picturatus

1

7

7

7

0

6*

C. picturatus

3

7

8.7

10

1.2

7*

C. poperinghensis

1

8

8

8

0

7*

C. pulicaris

5

6

7

8

0.9

7*

C. punctatus

5

6

8.4

15

3.3

7*

C. riebi

1

9

9

9

0

8*

C. riethi

3

6

7

8

0.8

6*

C. riouxi

5

4

4.8

5

0.4

6

C. saevus

6

2

3

4

0.8

4

C. segnis

5

3

6.2

8

1.9

6*

C. sejfadinei

5

3

3

3

0

6

C. semimaculatus

6

3

7

8

1.8

6*

C. stigma

3

4

4.3

5

0.5

4*

C. vexans

3

4

7

11

2.9

5*