Sterictiphora longicornis Chevin, 1982 *

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 : 86

Sterictiphora longicornis Chevin, 1982 *

Material.

Burgas: 1♂, Mrezhichko 1 km W, 370 m, 42.860N, 27.397E, 07.04.2018 . 1♂ (DEI-GISHym88832), Primorsko 4 km NW, 20 m, 42.300N, 27.729E, 10.04.2018 . 1♀, Indzhe Voivoda 3 km NE, 250 m, 42.235N, 27.451E, 12.04.2018 .

Varna: 1♂ (DEI-GISHym88750), Tsonevo 5 km S, 100 m, 42.982N, 27.451E, 03.04.2018 . 1♂, locality as previous, 06.04.2018 . 1♀, 1♂, locality as previous, 08.04.2018 . 1♂, Dolni Chiflik 2 km SE, 50 m, 42.983N, 27.743E, 05.04.2018 . 2♀, Staro Oryahovo 2 km SW, 120 m, 42.976N, 27.787E, 08.04.2018 . 1♂, locality as previous, 09.04.2018 . 1♂, locality as previous, 11.04.2018 . 1♂, Goren Chiflik 1 km SW, 40 m, 43.001N, 27.621E, 13.04.2018 .

Although the hosts of other Sterictiphora species, as far as they are known, are all woody species of Rosaceae, S. longicornis was recorded by Macek (2012) as having been reared from Carpinus betulus L. All of the specimens which we collected in Bulgaria were netted within woodland dominated by Carpinus .

The previously recorded range of this species is mainly in Central Europe , with a single record from “Yugoslavia” ( Taeger et al. 2006). The latter record is based on 1♂, Serbia, Beograd , Avala, 500 m, 26.03.2001, leg. Z. Nikolić, det. A. Taeger (Z. Nikolić Collection, University of Belgrade) .