The type specimens of sawflies (Hymenoptera: Symphyta) of the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid Author Taeger, Andreas Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut (SDEI), Eberswalder Strasse 90, 15374 Müncheberg, Germany. Author París, Mercedes Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid (MNCN, CSIC) c / José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain. Author Nieves-Aldrey, Jose Luis Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid (MNCN, CSIC) c / José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain. text Zootaxa 2014 2014-04-16 3790 1 103 138 journal article 5622 10.11646/zootaxa.3790.1.5 77c72766-2575-400f-9f6b-aa27987bd658 1175-5326 4914035 F8AA1D86-A9C2-422F-B1C1-2C92BFE07966 Arge segmentaria var. rufiventris Konow, 1899 A junior subjective synonym of Arge rustica ( Linnaeus, 1758 ) . Hitherto always treated as a synonym of the same species: Arge segmentaria ( Panzer, 1803 ) = Arge atrata ( Forster, 1771 ) = Arge rustica ( Linnaeus, 1758 ) ( Malaise & Benson 1934 ) . Types. Arge segmentaria var. rufiventris Konow, 1899: 204 . Syntypes ♂ ♀ , “ad Asiae minoris oppidum Akbes” . Lectotype ♀ , hereby designated ( MNCN _ Ent 82313, MNCN Cat. Tipos Nº 2265, Fig.34 , see also http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.767323. Type locality: Turkey : Hatay: Akbes ( 36.857°N , 36.518°E ; “Akbés”) . Paralectotypes : 6 ♀ ( MNCN _Ent 82315–82320) , 4 ♂ ( MNCN _Ent 82314, see http:// dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.769203, MNCN _Ent 82321–82323, all MNCN Cat. Tipos Nº 2265) . Discussion. The taxon requires further scrutiny. It seems quite possible, that several species are mixed up under the name Arge rustica . Currently about 10 nominal taxa are treated as synonyms of A. rustica . Recent results of COI barcoding show four different clusters for specimens identified as A. rustica . Referring to Konow (1899) , the taxon was after its description only mentioned by Schedl (2009 , for Syria ) and in synonymy lists of catalogs. However, even if the locality Akbés in the late 19 th and early 20 th century has been associated with “ Syria ” in the historical sense, it belongs today to Turkey .