Empria pumiloides Lindqvist, 1968 *

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

Empria pumiloides Lindqvist, 1968 *

Material.

Burgas: 1♂, Burgas 8 km SE, 40 m, 42.432N, 27.527E, 10.04.2018. 1♂, Indzhe Voivoda 3 km NE, 250 m, 42.235N, 27.451E, 12.04.2018. The first specimen was swept from Filipendula vulgaris Moench.

Previously only recorded in northern and central Europe ( Taeger et al. 2006). Filipendula ulmaria (L.) Maxim. was the only known host plant ( Heidemaa and Prous 2006), but this was absent at both of the above Bulgarian localities, whereas F. vulgaris was rather abundant. Therefore, it seems likely that F. vulgaris is also a host.