Strongylogaster macula ( Klug, 1817 )

Liu, Mengmeng, Li, Zejian & Wei, Meicai, 2021, Review of Strongylogaster Dahlbom (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) from Zhejiang Province, China, with the description of a new species, Zoologia (e 63051) 38, pp. 1-7 : 3

Strongylogaster macula ( Klug, 1817)

Tenthredo (Allantus) macula Klug, 1817: 217 .

Thrinax intermedia Konow, 1885: 23 .

Diagnosis. Female body length 5–7 mm. Body black, following parts yellowish-brown: labrum, clypeus, posterior half of pronotum, tegula and legs; median parts of all abdominal terga with yellowish-brown maculae of various shapes, basal and apical parts black. Head, lateral sides of median mesoscutal lobe, pronotum, all abdominal terga, mesepimeron and metapleuron with dense microsculptures, those of head slightly rugose, frontal area and lateral parts with lustre, mesepisternum with small punctures, interspace between punctures slightly smooth. Malar space broader than diameter of middle ocellus; median fovea large and round, fine carina of lateral foveae high; postocellar area broad, lateral furrow deep and oval rounded; antennae long, approximately 3× slightly shorter than breadth of head, antennomere 3 shorter than antennomeres 4 and 5. Claw without subapical tooth. Fore wing without anal cross-vein, vein 2r joining inner of vein 3r-m; petiole of anal cell in hind wing slightly shorter than breadth of anal cell. Ovipositor slightly short, scape branch shaped, divergent towards the back; cercus extending into sheath apex. Annuli of serrulae low and flat.

Material examined. 1 male, China, Zhejiang Province, Lin’an District, Chanyuan Temple , 30.323°N, 119.442°E, 405 m, 8-IV-2017, leg. Zejian LI & Mengmeng LIU, ethyl acetate ( LSAF17027 ); 4 males, China, Zhejiang Province, Longquan City, Mt. Fengyang , 24-26-IV-2018, leg. Zejian LI & Mengmeng LIU & Tingting JI, ethyl acetate ( LSAF18034 ); 6 males, China, Zhejiang Province, Lin’an District, Mt. Tianmu , Chanyuan Temple , 30.322°N, 119.443°E, 362 m, 5-IV-2019, leg. Zejian LI & Xiufang LI , ethyl acetate ( LSAF19007 ); 1 female and 1 male, China, Zhejiang Province, Lishui City, Liandu District, Fengyuan Town , 28.195°N, 119.797°E, 1000 m, 22-IV-2019, leg. Zejian LI , ethyl acetate ( LSAF19015 ) .

Distribution. China (Anhui, Chongqing, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Zhejiang), Europe, Japan, North America.

Host plant. Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth ( Athyriaceae ), Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn ( Pteridaceae ) ( Liston 1995).