Athalia aethiopica Koch, 2006

Koch, Frank, Pauly, Alain, Hora, Zewdu A. & Boevé, Jean-Luc, 2015, Sawflies of Ethiopia (Hymenoptera: Argidae, Tenthredinidae), Zootaxa 4021 (1), pp. 119-155 : 133

Athalia aethiopica Koch, 2006

( Fig. 10 A–D)

Athalia aethiopica Koch, 2006: 302 . Locus typicus: Abyssinia [ Ethiopia], Dire-Daua. Holotype: ♀. Abyssinia, Dire-Daua [09°36'N 041°52'E], 19.XI.1911 (HNHM).

Additional Ethiopian material. Wagira [13°00'N 037°40'E] (2 ♀) ( UZMT, ZSM); Tshertsher [= Chercher, 12°33'N 039°50'E], X.1911 (2 ♂), leg. Kovàcs ( HNHM); Gemu-Gofa Prov.: Arba-Minch [06°02'N 037°33'E], 1972 (1 ♂), leg. H. Rupp ( MRAC); Jimma [07°40'N 036°50'E], 25–29.XI.1969, leg. R. H. Cobben; Jimma, waterval, 70 km to Addis Abeba, 23.X.1969 (1 ♀), leg. R. H. Cobben ( WUPS); near Senkele N. P., 07°13’N 038°16’E, ≈ 2000 m, 17.IX.2012, on Vernonia auriculifera (Asteraceae) flowers, P3622 (1 ♀), leg. J.-L. Boevé & A. Pauly ( RBINS); Oromia, Ghedo, 09°01’N 037°27’E, 2400 m, 10.IX.2013, P3805 (1 ♂), 11.IX.2013, P3806 (1 ♀), 12.IX.2013, P3807a (1 ♀), 14.IX.2013, P3808 (1 ♂), 24.IX.2013, P3810a, P3810b (2 ♀), 26.IX.2013, P3812 (1 ♀), 17.X.2013, P3815 (1 ♀), 18.X.2013, P3821 (1 ♂), 21.X.2013, P3816 (1 ♀; HBRC), leg. Z. A. Hora, A. Pauly & J.-L. Boevé ( RBINS).

Distribution. Ethiopia ( Fig. 8 B).

Host plant. Unknown. The adult collected near Senkele N. P. was most probably on V. auriculifera for pollen feeding.

Figures

FIGURE 8. Distribution maps of six sawfly species. A, Arge massajae. B, Athalia aethiopica. C, Athalia obsoleta. D, Athalia vollenhoveni. E, Xenapates nigritus. F, Distega montium.

FIGURE 10. Athalia aethiopica. A & C, dorsal views. B & D, lateral views. A-B, male (P 3808), body length: 5.5 mm. C – D, female (P 3816), body length: 7.0 mm.