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 Athalia bolivari Dusmet, 1896 A junior subjective synonym of Athalia circularis circularis ( Klug, 1815 ) , synonymy by Benson (1962) . Types. Athalia Bolivari (sic!) Dusmet, 1896: 146 . Syntype (s) ♂ , “Coruña” Lectotype , ♂ , hereby designated ( MNCN _Ent 82342, MNCN Cat. Tipos Nº 2268, Fig. 08, see also http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.746925). Type locality: Spain : Coruña . Discussion. Benson (1962: 365) synonymized A. bolivari with A. circularis . Fitton (1978 : IV 5) listed the taxon as valid. Most likely the name was simply wrong formatted and should appear in this paper under circularis as a synonym. Aksoy et al. (1998) mentioned without further explanation larvae of A. bolivari on Capsella bursapastoris . The systematics of Athalia require further investigation. It is not unlikely that several species are currently confused under the name circularis . The type specimen is obviously a melanistic specimen. It is not quite clear if the type locality concerns the city itself, or the province A Coruña.