Arge segmentaria var. rufiventris Konow, 1899

Taeger, Andreas, París, Mercedes & Nieves-Aldrey, Jose Luis, 2014, The type specimens of sawflies (Hymenoptera: Symphyta) of the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, Zootaxa 3790 (1), pp. 103-138 : 130

Arge segmentaria var. rufiventris Konow, 1899

A junior subjective synonym of Arge rustica ( Linnaeus, 1758) . Hitherto always treated as a synonym of the same species: Arge segmentaria ( Panzer, 1803) = Arge atrata ( Forster, 1771) = Arge rustica ( Linnaeus, 1758) ( Malaise & Benson 1934) .

Types. Arge segmentaria var. rufiventris Konow, 1899: 204 . Syntypes ♂ ♀, “ad Asiae minoris oppidum Akbes” . Lectotype ♀, hereby designated ( MNCN _ Ent 82313, MNCN Cat. Tipos Nº 2265, Fig.34 , see also http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.767323. Type locality: Turkey: Hatay: Akbes (36.857°N, 36.518°E; “Akbés”) . Paralectotypes: 6 ♀ ( MNCN _Ent 82315–82320) , 4 ♂ ( MNCN _Ent 82314, see http:// dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.769203, MNCN _Ent 82321–82323, all MNCN Cat. Tipos Nº 2265) .

Discussion. The taxon requires further scrutiny. It seems quite possible, that several species are mixed up under the name Arge rustica . Currently about 10 nominal taxa are treated as synonyms of A. rustica . Recent results of COI barcoding show four different clusters for specimens identified as A. rustica . Referring to Konow (1899), the taxon was after its description only mentioned by Schedl (2009, for Syria) and in synonymy lists of catalogs. However, even if the locality Akbés in the late 19 th and early 20 th century has been associated with “ Syria ” in the historical sense, it belongs today to Turkey.

Figures

FIGURE 34. Arge segmentaria var. rufiventris, lectotype ♀. a. ventral, scale 2 mm; b. lateral; c. face; d. head and thorax dorsal; e. labels.