Athalia vollenhoveni

Koch, Frank, Pauly, Alain, Hora, Zewdu A. & Boevé, Jean-Luc, 2015, Sawflies of Ethiopia (Hymenoptera: Argidae, Tenthredinidae), Zootaxa 4021 (1), pp. 119-155 : 122

Key to Athalia vollenhoveni species group

1 Wings more or less uniformly flavescent-hyaline, slightly infuscate, subhyaline or fuscous troughout.................. 2

- Wings sharply contrasted, flavescent basally and infuscate apically.............................. A. sjoestedti Konow

2 Wings fuscous throughout............................................................... A. aethiopica Koch

- Wings uniformly flavescent-hyaline...................................................................... 3

3 Hypopygium deeply excised on each side ( Fig. 3 A); cuspis and digitus as in Fig. 3 C; hind trochantellus black..................................................................................................... A. excisa Koch

- Hypopygium scarcely excised ( Fig. 4 A); cuspis and digitus as in Fig. 4 C; hind trochantellus more or less yellow.......................................................................................... A. vollenhoveni Gribodo

Figures

FIGURE 3. Athalia excisa. A, hypopygium (posterior margin). B, parapenis and harpe (right, ventral view). C, cuspis and digitus (left, dorsal view).

FIGURE 4. Athalia vollenhoveni. A, hypopygium (posterior margin). B, parapenis and harpe (right, ventral view). C, cuspis and digitus (left, dorsal view).