Rhogogaster punctulata ( Klug, 1817 )

Taeger, Andreas & Viitasaari, Matti, 2015, European Rhogogaster s. str., with notes on several Asian species (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae), Zootaxa 4013 (3), pp. 369-398 : 378

Rhogogaster punctulata ( Klug, 1817)

( Figs 1 d, 3a, b, 4a, 5h, 6e, l)

Tenthredo (Allantus) punctulata Klug, 1817: 195 . Type (s) lost. Type locality: Österreich ( Austria).

Discussion. Results of barcoding place European specimens identified as R. punctulata in two different clusters (difference of about 4 %), but no morphological characters were found to separate these two barcode types. Thus, the available specimens are currently treated as one species.

Figures

FIGURE 1. a – b: Rhogogaster scalaris ♀ alive, from France, Midi-Pyrénées: Barèges 3 km ENE; 1450 m— a dorsal view b lateral view. c – d: face and shape of mandibles and clypeus in frontal view— c R. scalaris ♀, d R. punctulata ♂. e – f: head and thorax laterally, arrows in direction of anterior and ventral margin of pronotum— e R. sibirica: without submarginal furrow, f Tenthredo aericeps Konow, 1907: with submarginal furrow. g – h: apex of hind tibia, tibial spurs and basal tarsomeres— g T. virescens (lectotype), h R. scalaris (lectotype).