Pristiphora rufipes Serville, 1823

Prous, Marko, Kramp, Katja & Liston 1, Veli VikbergAndrew, 2017, North-Western Palaearctic species of Pristiphora (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae), Journal of Hymenoptera Research 59, pp. 1-190 : 79

Pristiphora rufipes Serville, 1823 Figs 222, 250

Pristiphora rufipes Serville, 1823: 75. Lectotype ♀ (designated by Lacourt 2000) in MNHN, not examined. Type locality: North of France.

Pristiphora fusca Serville, 1823: 75-76. Possible syntype(s) ♂ were not confidently identified in MNHN ( Lacourt 2000). Type locality: Paris, France. Synonymised with P. rufipes by Lacourt (1999).

Nematus suessionensis Serville, 1823: 68. Lectotype ♂ (designated by Lacourt 2000) in MNHN, not examined. Type locality: near Paris ( Île-de-France) or Soissons (Hauts-de-France), France. Synonymised with P. rufipes by Lacourt (1999).

Pristiphora rufipes Lepeletier, 1823: 60. Primary homonym of Pristiphora rufipes Serville, 1823 [= Pristiphora rufipes Serville, 1823]. Lectotype ♀ (designated by Lacourt 2000) in MNHN, not examined. Type locality: North of France.

Pristiphora fusca Lepeletier, 1823: 60. Primary homonym of Pristiphora fusca Serville, 1823 [= Pristiphora rufipes Serville, 1823]. Possible syntype(s) ♂ were not confidently identified in MNHN ( Lacourt 2000). Type locality: Paris, France.

Nematus Suessionensis [sic!] Lepeletier, 1823: 66. Primary homonym of Nematus suessionensis Serville, 1823 [= Pristiphora rufipes Serville, 1823]. Lectotype ♂ (designated by Lacourt 2000) in MNHN, not examined. Type locality: near Paris ( Île-de-France) or Soissons (Hauts-de-France), France.

Nematus selandrioides Costa, 1859: 21-22. Syntype(s) ♀ possibly in MZUN, not examined. Type locality: Sile, Italy. Synonymised with P. alnivora auct. by Konow (1905).

Nematus aquilegiae Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1866: 202-205 (Sep. 14-17), pl. 9. Lectotype ♀ in RMNH (designated by Thomas 1987), not examined. Type locality: Renkum, Gelderland, Netherlands. Synonymised with P. rufipes by Lacourt (1999).

Similar species.

Species limits in the rufipes group are still unclear

Genetic data.

Based on COI barcode sequences from larvae collected from Aquilegia sp. (DEI-GISHym20983 and DEI-GISHym21482), P. rufipes belongs to the same BIN cluster (BOLD:AAI2590) as P. brevis and P. thalictri (Fig. 5). Maximum distance within the BIN is 1.74% and minimum between species distance is 0.00%. The nearest neighbour to BOLD:AAI2590, diverging by minimum of 3.58%, is BOLD:AAU8834 (specimens are from Canada, which externally look like P. cincta ). It is possible that specimens of P. rufipes belong also to other closely related BINs (BOLD:ABV4437, BOLD:ABU9175, and BOLD:ACW1774). Based on nuclear data, maximum within species divergence is 0.4% (based on three specimens and both genes combined) and the nearest neighbour ( P. brevis ) is 0.2% (only NaK) or 0.5% (both genes combined) different.

Host plants.

Aquilegia vulgaris L. ( Macek 2016), A. chrysantha A.Gray ( Chevin 1994, as P. aquilegiae ), A. caerulea E.James ( Chevin 1994, Hellrigl 2007), A. canadensis L. ( Chevin 1994), A. flabellata Siebold & Zucc. ( Hellrigl 2007), A. olympica Boiss. ( Liston 2011).

Distribution and material examined.

West Palaearctic, (Nearctic). Specimens studied are from Canada, Estonia, Finland, and Germany.