Euura similator (Förster, 1854)

Prous, Marko, Liston, Andrew, Monckton, Spencer K., Kramp, Katja, Vårdal, Hege, Vikberg, Veli, Heibo, Erik & Mutanen, Marko, 2025, West Palaearctic species of Euura Newman, 1837 (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 977, pp. 1-377 : 205

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scientific name	Euura similator (Förster, 1854)
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Treatment

274 Euura similator (Förster, 1854)

Figs 218, 510

Nematus similator Förster, 1854a: 321–322 . Lectotype designated by Viitasaari (1980).

Nematus eurysternus Zaddach, 1883 in Brischke 1883: 162. Syntypes ♀ ♂ (some may be in the ZSM, but if so, they are not clearly recognisable as types), not examined. Type localities: Germany, Czech Republic, Scotland, and possibly Russia. Synonymy by Viitasaari (1980).

Pteronidea leucotrocha var. loisellei Enslin, 1916a: 421 . Lectotype designated below. Synonymy by Viitasaari (1980).

Pteronidea eurysterna var. lutescens Enslin, 1916a: 422–423 . Lectotype designated below. Synonymy by Taeger et al. (2010).

Pteronus eurysterna var. struvei Zirngiebl, 1939: 109–111 . Syntypes ♀♀. Type deposition unclear ( Blank 1996). Type locality: Germany, Borkum. Synonymy by Blank (1996).

Diagnosis

Most similar to E. quieta , see differences discussed under that species.

Type material examined

Lectotype Nematus similator

GERMANY – Nordrhein-Westfalen • ♀; Aachen area ; 50.77° N, 6.09° E; ZSM, GBIF-GISHym3425 . GoogleMaps

Lectotype Pteronidea leucotrocha var. loisellei , here designated

FRANCE – Basse-Normandie • ♀; Lisieux ; 3 Aug. 1909; A. Loiselle leg.; ZSM, GBIF-GISHym3337 .

Lectotype Pteronidea eurysterna var. lutescens , here designated

CROATIA • ♂; Krapina ; 46.161° N, 15.871° E; Hensch leg.; ZSM, GBIF-GISHym3342 GoogleMaps .

Host plants

Only Ribes uva-crispa has been unequivocally recorded (Taeger et al. 1998).

Genetics

COI

Based on 4 specimens, maximum within-species distance is 0.76% and the nearest neighbour, diverging by a minimum of 3.5%, is Euura leucotrocha .

Nuclear

Based on 3 specimens, maximum within-species distance is 0% (0% based on haplotypes of individual females). The nearest neighbour, diverging by a minimum of 0.67%, is Euura ribesii .

Distribution and material examined

Palaearctic. Specimens studied are from Croatia, France, and Germany.

References

Blank S. M. 1996. Revision of the sawflies described by Lothar Zirngiebl. (Preliminary studies for a catalogue of Symphyta, part 2.) (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Symphyta). Spixiana 19 (2): 195-219.

Brischke C. G. A. 1883. Beobachtungen uber die Arten der Blatt- und Holzwespen von C. G. A. Brischke, Hauptlehrer a. D. in Langfuhr und Dr. Gustav Zaddach Professor in Konigsberg, mitgetheilt von Brischke aus Zaddach's Manuscripten. Schriften der physikalisch-okonomischen Gesellschaft zu Konigsberg 23: 127-200. Available from https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14731019 [accessed 20 Nov. 2024].

Enslin E. 1916 a. Die Tenthredinoidea Mitteleuropas V. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift [1916]: 413-538. https://doi.org/10.1002/mmnd.48019160401

Forster A. 1854 a. Neue Blattwespen. Verhandlungen des naturhistorischen Vereines der preussischen Rheinlande und Westfalens 1: 265-350. Available from https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60190587 [accessed 20 Nov. 2024].

Taeger A., Blank S. M. & Liston A. D. 2010. World catalog of Symphyta (Hymenoptera). Zootaxa 2580: 1-1064. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2580.1.1

Viitasaari M. 1980. Revision of the Pteronidea ribesii (Scopoli) species group (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae). Annales Entomologici Fennici 46 (2): 25-38.

Zirngiebl L. 1939. Pteronus eurysterna Zdd. var. nov. struvei. Abhandlungen herausgegeben vom Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein zu Bremen 31 (1): 109-111.