Descriptions of larvae of the Pristiphora thalictri group of the Czech Republic (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Tenthredinidae)
Author
Macek, Jan
text
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
2016
2016-11-15
56
2
785
794
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5306285
0374-1036
5306285
9A4655BC-F868-4494-ACCB-406BF595B684
Pristiphora
(
Pristiphora
)
thalictri
(
Kriechbaumer, 1884
)
(
Figs 3
,
6
,
9
,
12
)
Nematus thalictri
Kriechbaumer, 1884: 105–106
(original description).
Pristiphora thalictri
:
KONTUNIEMI (1960)
: 90
(host plant);
TAKEUCHI (1949)
: 49
(host plant);
OKUTANI (1967)
:92
(host plant);
LISTON (1995)
: 131
(host plant);
TAEGER et al. (1998)
: 115
(host plant); PSCHORN- WALCHER & ALTENHOFER (2006): 1624 (host plant).
Material examined.
CZECH REPUBLIC
: BOHEMIA
mer.:
Šumava NP
,
Černý Kříž
(7149),
7.vi.2014
,
6 larvae
on
Thalictrum aquilegifolium
;
19.vi.2015
,
18 larvae
on
Thalictrum aquilegifolium
, all
J. Macek
lgt. & det. (
NMPC
)
.
Description of the last instar larva.
Body length
12–13 mm
.
Colour.
Head yellow brown, with brownish reticulate pattern on vertex; trunk yellow green with narrow translucent dark blood vessel.
Figs. 10–12. Genitalia of reared adults (a – penis valve, b –
Discussion
. The larva was shortly descibed and its host plant,
Thalictrum aquilegifolium
, recorded by
KRIECHBAUMER (1884
, as
Nematus thalictri
). Subsequently this host species was also mentioned by
KONTUNIEMI (1960)
,
TAEGER et al. (1998)
,
LACOURT (1999)
, and PSCHORN- WALCHER (2006). Additionally,
TAEGER et al. (1998)
noticed larvae of an unrecognized species feeding on
Thalictrum minus
on a xerotermic site in Kyffhäuser (Fränkischer Jura,
Germany
), which might refer to
P. sareptana
. Additional food plants from
Japan
,
Thalictrum thunbergii
(OKUTANI 1956)
and
T. minus
(
TAKEUCHI 1949
)
, are not evaluated here, and need confirmation.
Distribution.
Palaearctic:
Albania
,
Austria
,
Belgium
,
Croatia
,
Czech Republic
,
France
,
Germany
,
Great Britain
,
Italy
,
Japan
,
Latvia
,
Romania
,
Russia
,
Slovakia
,
Switzerland
,
Ukraine
(
TAEGER & BLANK 2011
).