Trisodontophyes aethiopica Koch, 2001

Koch, Frank, Pauly, Alain, Hora, Zewdu A. & Boevé, Jean-Luc, 2015, Sawflies of Ethiopia (Hymenoptera: Argidae, Tenthredinidae), Zootaxa 4021 (1), pp. 119-155 : 150

Trisodontophyes aethiopica Koch, 2001

( Fig. 22 A–B)

Trisodontophyes aethiopica Koch, 2001: 266 . Locus typicus: Ethiopia, Suluta. Holotype: ♂. Ethiopia, Suluta [= Sululta, 09°11'N 038°45'E], 2300 m, 25.VII. [19]48, K. M. Guichard (BMNH).

Additional Ethiopian material. Bonga, 8 km to Jimma [ca 07°32'N 036°35'E], 19.XI.1969 (1 ♂), leg. R. H. Cobben ( WUPS); Senkele N. P. ( Fig. 6 F), 07°10’N 038°18’E, 2105 m, 17.IX.2012, by net sweeping, P3630 (1 ♂), leg. J.-L. Boevé & A. Pauly ( RBINS).

Distribution. Ethiopia.

Remarks. The female remains unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 6. Biotopes in which sawflies were collected. A, Nech Sar N. P. (19. IX. 2012); collected: Arge deckerti and Neacidiophora brevifalcata. B, Ineseno (14. IX. 2012); collected: Athalia obsoleta and Athalia vollenhoveni. C, Ghedo (05. XII. 2013); collected: Athalia spp. D, Holeta HBRC forest (13. IX. 2012); collected: Arge massajae. E, near Lake Chamo (21. IX. 2012); collected: Distega montium. F, Senkele N. P. (17. IX. 2012); collected: Trisodontophyes aethiopica.

FIGURE 22. Trisodontophyes aethiopica. A, dorsal view. B, lateral view. A – B, male (P 3630), body length: 8.5 mm.