Athalia sidamoensis Koch, 2007

Koch, Frank, Pauly, Alain, Hora, Zewdu A. & Boevé, Jean-Luc, 2015, Sawflies of Ethiopia (Hymenoptera: Argidae, Tenthredinidae), Zootaxa 4021 (1), pp. 119-155 : 137

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4021.1.5
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:5E93337C-8A89-4278-B9BD-D16C4255748D
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6120398
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7D088788-EE48-7A75-FF5F-62755D85FCAF
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Athalia sidamoensis Koch, 2007
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Athalia sidamoensis Koch, 2007: 96 . Locus typicus: Ethiopia, Sidamo Province, Dilla. Holotype: ♂. Ethiopia, Sidamo Province, Dilla, 06°24’N 038°18’E, 4000 m, 25.III.1974, leg. V. O. DeMasi (CASC).

Additional Ethiopian material. Kaffa pr., 1850 m, 40 km W Bonga [ca 07°18'N 035°59'E], 09.IV.2007 (1 ♂), leg. J. Halada ( OLML).

Distribution. Ethiopia.

Host plant. Unknown.

Remarks. Athalia sidamoensis is distinguished by infuscate wings from the other known species of the A. himantopus species group, except for A. taitaensis . The latter differs from A. sidamoensis by the conspicuously more infuscate wings and by the longer antennae (1.6 × as long as maximum head width; A. sidamoensis : 1.3 × as long as maximum head width).