Hoplocampa chrysorrhoea (Klug, 1816)

Liston, Andrew D., Jacobs, Hans-Joachim & Prous, Marko, 2015, The Sawflies of Crete (Hymenoptera, Symphyta), Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 62 (1), pp. 65-79 : 65

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Tenthredinidae

* † Hoplocampa chrysorrhoea (Klug, 1816)

Material.

Crete; 4♀♀, Marathos, 24.iii.2013. 9♀♀, Pinakiano, 27.iii.2013. 7♀♀, Mesa Potami, 28.iii.2013. 1♀, Krasi, 28.iii.2013. 10♀♀, Anogeia, 29.iii.2013. 1♀, Omalos, 21.iv.2013. Most specimens were swept from Crataegus monogyna with unopened inflorescences, and some others from inflorescences of cultivated Pyrus growing near Crataegus .

At none of the localities were Prunus spp. seen, although these are usually considered to be the larval hosts of Hoplocampa chrysorrhoea in northern parts of Central Europe (e.g. Taeger et al. 1998). Perhaps Crataegus monogyna is a host in Crete.