Athalia scioensis Gribodo, 1879

Koch, Frank, Pauly, Alain, Hora, Zewdu A. & Boevé, Jean-Luc, 2015, Sawflies of Ethiopia (Hymenoptera: Argidae, Tenthredinidae), Zootaxa 4021 (1), pp. 119-155 : 136-137

Athalia scioensis Gribodo, 1879

( Fig. 13 A–B)

Athalia scioensis Gribodo, 1879: 342 . Locus typicus: Ethiopia, Scioa, Mahal-Uonz. Lectotype hereby designated by F. Koch: ♂. Scioa, Mahal-Uonz [09°34'N 039°54'E], III.1877, Antinori. (MCSN). Paralectotype: 1 ♀ from the same locality (MCSN).

Additional Ethiopian material. Sebeta, 08°54’N 38°35’E, 2165 m, 04.X.2010, P3418 (1 ♀), leg. J.-L. Boevé & D. N. Wayassa; Abijata Shala N. P., 07°29’N 038°40’E, 1635 m, 17–25.IX.2012, with yellow pan trap, P3620B (1 ♂), leg. J.-L. Boevé & A. Pauly ( RBINS); Oromia, Ghedo, 09°01’N 037°27’E, 2400 m, with yellow pan traps, 03.IX.2013, P3804 (1 ♀; MFN), 12.IX.2013, P3807b (1 ♀), 15.X.2013, P3814 (1 ♀), leg. Z. A. Hora & A. Pauly ( RBINS).

Distribution. Ethiopia.

Host plant. Unknown. The female from Sebeta was analysed chemically in the search for remaining plant metabolites sequestered at larval stage, but no typical metabolites could be detected ( Opitz et al. 2012). Remarks. The wrong synonymy with A. fumosa proposed by Benson (1962) is discussed under this species.

Figures

FIGURE 13. Athalia scioensis. A, dorsal view. B, lateral view. A – B, females (P 3804 & P 3814), body length: 7.5 mm.