Heterarthrus ochropoda (Klug, 1818)

Tenthredo (Emphytus) ochropoda Klug, 1818: 273-274. Syntypes ♀, in ZMHUB (lectotype designated below). Type locality: Germany.

Heterarthrus ochropoda . Taeger et al. (2010: 373): complete synonymy listed.

Type material examined.

Lectotype Tenthredo (Emphytus) ochropoda, here designated: ♀ " Ochropoda Kl.", "M. Kl.", “14137”, “GBIF-GISHym2427” (ZMHUB).Paralectotype: same labels as lectotype except “GBIF-GISHym2428” (ZMHUB).

Other material examined.

Austria: 1♂ (DEI-GISHym83898), Etzen, 08.1990, em. 18.06.1991, reared Populus tremula, leg. E. Altenhofer (SDEI) .

Estonia: 3♀ (including DEI-GISHym83589, DEI-GISHym83895), Paadrema 2km NE, 06.06.2015, leg. Liston, Prous & Taeger (SDEI) .

France: Ariège: 1♂, Prades, col de Marmore, 9.6.2018, leg. H. Savina (SDEI) .

Germany: Bavaria: 1♂, Fürth, leg. E. Enslin (SDEI) . Brandenburg: 1♀, Rüdersdorf, 11.05.1919, leg. M. Hering (ZMHUB) .

Russia: Khaborovskiy Kray: 1♀, Bikin N 20 km, Boitsovo, Bolshoi Sontsepyok Hill, 26.05.1993, leg. A. Taeger (SDEI) .

Sweden: Västmanland: Lindesberg 13km W, 01.06.2013, leg. Liston, Prous & Taeger (SDEI). Dalarna: Lima 33km NW, 10.06.2013, leg. Liston, Prous & Taeger (SDEI) .

Host plants and biology.

Populus species, including P. tremula L., P. alba L. (Pschorn-Walcher and Altenhofer 2000), P. x canadensis Moench, P. deltoides W. Bartram ex Marshall (Arru 1967), and P. nigra L. (Buhr 1941). Has sometimes been stated to cause significant damage to planted poplars (e.g. Arru 1967, Çalmasur and Özbek 2004).

Distribution.

Through much of Europe, including the British mainland, but not recorded in the Iberian Peninsula (Taeger et al. 2006); Turkey, Kyrgyzstan, West and East Siberia, Russian Far East (Sundukov 2017).