Taxonomy and nomenclature of some Fennoscandian Sawflies, with descriptions of two new species (Hymenoptera, Symphyta)
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Liston, Andrew
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1278-424X
Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, Eberswalder Str. 90, 15374 Muencheberg, Germany
andrew.liston@senckenberg.de
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Mutanen, Marko
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4464-6308
Ecology and Genetics Research Unit, PO Box 3000, 90014 University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
Author
Heidemaa, Mikk
Estonian Naturalists' Society, Struve 2, Tartu 51003, Estonia
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Blank, Stephan M.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3142-9267
Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, Eberswalder Str. 90, 15374 Muencheberg, Germany
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Kiljunen, Niina
Ecology and Genetics Research Unit, PO Box 3000, 90014 University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
Author
Taeger, Andreas
Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, Eberswalder Str. 90, 15374 Muencheberg, Germany
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Viitasaari, Matti
Alkutie 41 E, 00660 Helsinki, Finland
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Vikberg, Veli
Liinalammintie 11 as. 6, 14200 Turenki, Finland
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Wutke, Saskia
Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, 80101 Joensuu, Finland
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Prous, Marko
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5329-7608
Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, Eberswalder Str. 90, 15374 Muencheberg, Germany & Ecology and Genetics Research Unit, PO Box 3000, 90014 University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland & Department of Zoology, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Vanemuise 46, 51014 Tartu, Estonia
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Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift
2022
2022-07-26
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/dez.69.84080
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/dez.69.84080
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Dolerus junci (Stephens, 1835)
nom. rev.
Dosytheus Junci
[sic!] Stephens, 1835: 84-85. Sex not explicitly stated. Syntypes. Published type localty: "Devonshire, and near Windsor" (England). Lectotype designated below.
Dolerus Busaei
[sic!] Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1858: 277. Sex not given. Lectotype ♂ designated by
Thomas (1987)
. Type locality:
"Haarlem"
(Netherlands). syn. nov.
Dolerus cothurnatus
auct. nec Serville, 1823 (e.g.
Benson 1952
,
Zhelochovtsev 1994
,
Lacourt 2020
).
Dolerus thargitai
Zombori, 1994: 185-187. ♀. Holotype. Type locality:
Csikszentkiraly
,
Borsaros
,
Kerujfuerdo
: Tolvajos patak (Romania). syn. nov.
Remarks.
Similarly to the melanic color form of
D. yukonensis
(see below), which was described as a distinct species,
D. scoticus
, by
Cameron (1881a)
, the melanic form of
D. junci
was also described as a distinct species,
D. thargitai
, by Zombori (regarded as a synonym of
D. yukonensis
/
D. scoticus
until now). The melanic color form of
D. junci
has also been recorded from central Europe (Germany) and southern Europe (Italy, Switzerland: see, e.g.
Pesarini 2012
), but is not known from Fennoscandia. The males of the melanic forms of
D. junci
(01.06.1984) and
D. yukonensis
(24.05.1984) have been collected at the same locality at nearly the same time (Germany: Federsee, Brackenhof, leg. E. Jansen, CEJ). In addition to their different penis valve structure and other characters used in the keys by
Benson (1952)
and
Zhelochovtsev (1994)
,
D. junci
and
D. yukonensis
differ in the shape and sculpture of the mesoscutellar appendage: almost unsculptured and without a distinct longitudinal keel in the former, and clearly sculptured and with a distinct keel in the latter. Most likely, the melanic color form of
D. junci
does not occur within the geographic range of
D. incisus
, but they can also be distinguished by the shape and the sculpture of the mesoscutellar appendage: meshed (nearly matt) and long, with a distinct median longitudinal keel (
D. incisus
) versus short and almost unsculptured (more or less glossy) and without a distinct median keel (
D. junci
).
Type material examined and taxonomic notes.
Dosytheus junci
Stephens, 1835. Lectotype ♀ hereby designated, labelled: "Type H.T. [holotype]" [round with wide red margin, printed; not a holotype but a syntype!], "B.M. TYPE HYM. [printed] 1.575.", "B.M. TYPE HYM. [printed]
Dosytheus Junci
Stephens 1835
.", "
Junci
.", "Stephens Coll. 53-46" [printed], "
Dolerus palustris
, Klug." [printed], "
Lectotypus
2012
Dosytheus junci
[printed]♀ [symbol handwritten] Stephens, 1835 M.Heidemaa des. [printed]", "
Dolerus junci
Stephens, 1835 M.Heidemaa det." [printed]. Condition: legs partly destroyed, left midleg missing, the apical flagellomeres missing, apex of left forewing broken. BMNH.
The original description of
D. junci
by
Stephens (1835)
refers to syntypes ("Devonshire and near Windsor"). Although
Kirby (1882)
mentioned a "Type of
D. junci
", this cannot be regarded as a lectotype designation, even though he was apparently only able to locate a single specimen.
Dolerus busaei
Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1858. Photos of the lectotype and of the penis valve were checked. Left midleg and two segments of the right antenna missing; the genital capsule is glued on a card. RMNH. This nominal taxon was previously treated as a synonym of
D. cothurnatus
auct.
Dolerus cothurnatus
auct. nec Serville, 1823. Haris and later
Lacourt (2000)
studied the syntypes (3 ♂) of
D. cothurnatus
Serville, but not their genitalia. Based on their penis valve structure, none of the syntypes fits
D. cothurnatus
auct.: the two syntypes (among them the one labelled as lectotype) represent
D. germanicus
and the third one is a male of
D. aericeps
. The name
D. cothurnatus
by Serville is placed here as a junior synonym of
D. germanicus
, by designating its lectotype (see also under
D. germanicus
), and the name
Dolerus junci
(Stephens, 1835) has to be used for
D. cothurnatus
auct. nec Serville.
Dolerus thargitai
Zombori, 1994. The holotype and some paratypes (2♀, 4♂) were studied. HNHM.