Allantinae

Macek, Jan, 2010, Taxonomy, distribution and biology of selected European Dinax, Strongylogaster and Taxonus species (Hymenoptera: Symphyta), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 50 (1), pp. 253-271 : 270

Key to the larvae of Allantinae feeding on Rosaceae with emphasis on Taxonus species

1 Abdominal annulets 1, 2 and 4 with conical tubercles or bristles. ............................. 2

– Abdominal annulets 2 and 4 with conical tubercles or bristles; annulet 1 lacking conical tubercles or bristles. .................................................................................................... 3

2(1) Abdominal annulet 1 with bristles, lacking conical tubercles. ...................................... .............................................................................. Empria Lepeletier & Serville, 1828

– Abdominal annulet 1 both with bristles and conical tubercles. ..................................... ................................................................................................... Allantus Panzer, 1801

3(2) Abdominal annulets 2 and 4 with conical tubercles. ..................................................... ................................................................................. Apethymus apicalis (Klug, 1818)

– Abdominal annulets 2 and 4 with conical bristles instead of conical tubercles. ......... 4

4(3) Body with dorsal part with mottled pattern and small white spots on annulet 1. .......... .............................................. Taxonus alboscutellatus Niezabitowski, 1899 (Fig. 20)

– Body uniformly green. ................................................................................................ 5

5(4) Body with pruinose covering; head with dark parietal spots. Host plant: Rubus . ......... ................................................................... Taxonus agrorum (Fallén, 1808) (Fig. 18)

– Body green, not pruinose; head lacking dark parietal spots, amber yellow with darker vertex. Host plant: Rosa . .............................. Taxonus sticticus (Klug, 1817) (Fig. 19)