Rhogogaster gayuboi Llorente, 1988

Taeger, Andreas & Viitasaari, Matti, 2015, European Rhogogaster s. str., with notes on several Asian species (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae), Zootaxa 4013 (3), pp. 369-398 : 376

Rhogogaster gayuboi Llorente, 1988

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Rhogogaster gayuboi Llorente, 1988: 361 –364. Holotype ♂ (not examined, coll. Llorente). Type locality: Spain: León: Sorbeira.

Discussion. The species was described based on three males from NW and C Spain (León: Sorbeira; Madrid: Montarco; Avila: Arévalo). The types could not be located. According to Llorente (1988), the paratype from Madrid should be in the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, but could not to be found there (Taeger et al. 2014, M. Paris, personal communication). Without examination of the type, the exact placement in Rhogogaster remains uncertain. The shape of the penis valve resembles in some respects R. scalaris . Because their distributions and coloration are very different, as far as these are known, the possibility that R. gayuboi is the male of R. magniserrula may be excluded.

Figures

FIGURE 3. a – f: color pattern in dorsal view— a Rhogogaster punctulata ♂, b R. punctulata ♀, c – d R. chlorosoma ♂, e R. polaris ♂, f R. scalaris ♀. g – n: 1 st and 2 nd plantar lobe of hind tarsus— g R. punctulata ♂, h R. chlorosoma ♂, i R. chlorosoma ♀, j R. sibirica ♀ (lectotype), k R. scalaris ♀ (lectotype), l R. scalaris ♂, m R. scalaris ♀, n R. scalaris ♂ (lectotype R. chlorosoma podkumokensis). o – r: mesoscutellum and appendage in dorsolateral view— o – p R. viridis, q – r R. polaris. s – t: thorax in dorsal view— s R. chlorosoma, t R. scalaris. u – y: figures of R. gayuboi (from Llorente Vigil, 1988) — u face, v head dorsal, w penis valve, x mesoscutellum and appendage dorsal, y abdomen.