Rhogogaster auctor Weiffenbach, 1967

Taeger, Andreas & Viitasaari, Matti, 2015, European Rhogogaster s. str., with notes on several Asian species (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae), Zootaxa 4013 (3), pp. 369-398 : 380

Rhogogaster auctor Weiffenbach, 1967

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Rhogogaster auctor Weiffenbach, 1967: 17 –19. Holotype ♂ (LNMO, examined, http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.936939). Type locality: Turkey: cil. Taurus, “Cittehan” (= Çiftehan). Paratype ♀ ( Turkey: Kizilcahamam, http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1383171)

Discussion. The male (holotype) is very well characterized by the shape of the penis valve. The morphology is otherwise very similar to chlorosoma (see also discussion there). The figure of the valve given by Weiffenbach (1967) is badly drawn. Photos of the valves are shown in Fig. 6d . The association of the female (paratype) is uncertain, as it was not collected at the type locality in the Taurus Mountains, but in northern Turkey (Kizilcahamam), where other species of the group may occur.

Figures

FIGURE 4. a – x: head in dorsal view— a Rhogogaster punctulata, b R. chlorosoma, c R. chlorosoma (paratype), d R. scalaris (R. chlorosoma podkumokensis lectotype), e R. scalaris, f R. scalaris, g R. scalaris (R. carpatica lectotype), h R. scalaris, i R. viridis, j R. viridis (R. dryas paratype), k R. viridis, l R. polaris, m R. sibirica (lectotype), n R. magniserrula (holotype), o R. magniserrula (paratype from Russia), p R. magniserrula (holotype, oblique view), q R. robusta (holotype), r R. auctor (holotype), s R. naias (paratype), t R. bactriana (R. bactriana lindti paratype), u R. genistae (R. genistae viridifrons lectotype), v R. gilva (lectotype), w Tenthredo virescens (lectotype), x T. olivacea (R. viridis var. montana lectotype).

FIGURE 6. a – j: penis valves— a – b Rhogogaster scalaris, c R. chlorosoma, d R. auctor (holotype), e R. punctulata, f R. polaris, g R. sibirica (paralectotype), h R. viridis, i R. naias (paratype). j – n: drawings of penis valves by Benson (1943, 1952, 1965) and Ross (1943) — j R. scalaris (as R. viridis), k R. chlorosoma, l R. punctulata, m R. californica, n R. viridis (as R. dryas). o: variability of penis valves in R. polaris (all from Sweden, Abisko area). p: records of R. magniserrula (displayed with Map data, © Basarsoft, Google).