Empria loktini Ermolenko, 1971

Prous, Marko, Heidemaa, Mikk, Akihiko, Shinohara & Soon, Villu, 2011, Review of the sawfly genus Empria (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae) in Japan, ZooKeys 150, pp. 347-380 : 358

Empria loktini Ermolenko, 1971

Empria loktini Ermolenko, 1971: 22-23. Type locality: Russia, Sakhalin Oblast, Novoaleksandrovsk. Holotype female, SIZ [examined].

Taxonomic affinities.

Belongs to Empria longicornis group, morphologically the closest is Empria basalis Lindqvist, 1968, which can be distinguished from Empria loktini by clearly different penis valves, lancets (see Prous et al. 2011b), and in most cases also by some external differences (in Empria loktini metatibia is pale in basal 1/3 and the abdominal terga bear 2-3 pairs of pale patches, in Empria basalis metatibia is mostly black and the terga have 4-5 pairs of pale patches).

Host plants.

Unknown.

Distribution.

East Palaearctic. Specimens studied are from Japan (Hokkaido) and Russia (Sakhalin Oblast).