About Macrophya parvula and larvae of several Central European Macrophya (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)
Author
Macek, Jan
text
Zootaxa
2012
3487
65
76
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.282414
e3867ffc-d8e0-46e2-8332-9c65f9604f89
1175-5326
282414
2247D9E8-00C0-49E0-A4FC-C383E80F664C
Macrophya militaris
(Klug, 1817)
(
Figs. 5
,
11
)
Material examined.
Bohemia
centr.:
Lipovka NR (5854),
19.vii.2009
,
3 larvae
on
Fragaria vesca
,; Karlštejn NNR (6051),
23.vii.2008
,
2 larvae
on
Fragaria viridis
.
Notes on identification.
The larva was described by
Zirngiebel (1940)
and again by
Lorenz & Kraus (1957)
. The last instar larva is easily distinguished from the similar larvae of both
M. montana
and
M. rufipes
, by the lunular parietal macula, which is not confluent with the black neck spot, and by the enlarged longitudinal dark stripe on the dorsum.
Discussion.
Taeger et al. (1998)
listed
Rosa
and
Origanum
as food plants.
Zirngiebl (1940)
proved
Origanum
to be a suitable oviposition site, but larvae in this study did not accept it. Therefore
Origanum
should be excluded from the food plant list. I have collected the larvae on
Fragaria vesca
(new record) and
F. viridis
(new record), in captivity they also accepted
Potentilla reptans
and various
Rubus
species.