Empria tridens (Konow, 1896) *, 1828

Liston, Andrew, Prous, Marko & Macek, Jan, 2019, On Bulgarian sawflies, including a new species of Empria (Hymenoptera, Symphyta), Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 66 (1), pp. 85-105 : 91

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/dez.66.34309

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6A252079-0880-45A2-A920-3C0DFEAC79C5

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Empria tridens (Konow, 1896) *
status

 

Empria tridens (Konow, 1896) *

Material.

Varna: 1♂ (DEI-GISHym88776), Tsonevo 5 km S, 100 m, 42.982N, 27.451E, 06.04.2018 GoogleMaps . 3♂ (including DEI-GISHym88816, DEI-GISHym88736), Staro Oryahovo 2 km SW, 120 m, 42.976N, 27.787E, 09.04.2018 GoogleMaps . 1♂, locality as previous, 11.04.2018 GoogleMaps . 2♂ (DEI-GISHym31967, DEI-GISHym88857), Dolni Chiflik 2 km SE, 50 m, 42.983N, 27.743E, 13.04.2018 GoogleMaps .

The above specimens are unusually coloured. Abdominal terga (1-) 2-5 (-6) are more or less pale, including the normally black areas surrounding the pale unsclerotised patches (Fig. 38 View Figures 38, 39 ). The corresponding sterna are also more or less pale (Fig. 39 View Figures 38, 39 ). In life, the pale areas are whitish, and more conspicuous than in the pinned specimens, where the colour has become rather brown. No females were collected, so we cannot state whether this sex also exhibits unusual coloration in south-eastern Bulgaria. Empria tridens has a wide Palaearctic distribution ( Prous et al. 2011b). Penis valves are not distinguishable from other E. tridens and genetic data (based on one male DEI-GISHym88776, Fig. 16 View Figure 16 ) does not indicate the existence of an additional species either (based on three genes, closest specimens are always other specimens of E. tridens that were studied by Prous et al. 2019).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Tenthredinidae

Genus

Empria