Heterarthrus wuestneii (Konow, 1905)

Liston, Andrew D., Knight, Guy T., Sheppard, David A., Broad, Gavin R. & Livermore, Laurence, 2014, Checklist of British and Irish Hymenoptera - Sawflies, ' Symphyta', Biodiversity Data Journal 2, pp. 1168-1168 : 1168

Heterarthrus wuestneii (Konow, 1905)

Phyllotoma wuestneii Konow, 1905

Phyllotoma aceris (McLachlan, 1867, Phyllotoma ) preocc.

Heterarthrus healyi Altenhofer & Zombori, 1987

Distribution

England

Notes

Added by Altenhofer and Zombori (1987).

Phyllotoma aceris was described on the basis of specimens "bred by Mr Healy from larvae which make great blotches in the leaves of Acer campestre , and occasionally in Acer pseudo-platanus " McLachlan (1867). According to present knowledge on distribution and hostplants, the syntype series probably consisted of more than one species. The description is not sufficiently detailed to determine the identity of the specimens which McLachlan examined. No type material has been located, as already stated by Altenhofer and Zombori (1987). Nevertheless, Altenhofer and Zombori (1987) chose to regard Phyllotoma aceris McLachlan as being conspecific with a species which was reared from Acer campestre and proposed for it the new name Heterarthrus healyi . Heterarthrus healyi was subsequently found to be synonymous with Heterarthrus wuestneii (Konow, 1905) ( Blank et al. 2001).