Sterictiphora longicornis Chevin, 1982 *

Liston, Andrew, Prous, Marko & Macek, Jan, 2019, On Bulgarian sawflies, including a new species of Empria (Hymenoptera, Symphyta), Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 66 (1), pp. 85-105 : 86

Sterictiphora longicornis Chevin, 1982 *

Material.

Burgas: 1♂, Mrezhichko 1 km W, 370 m, 42.860N, 27.397E, 07.04.2018 . 1♂ (DEI-GISHym88832), Primorsko 4 km NW, 20 m, 42.300N, 27.729E, 10.04.2018 . 1♀, Indzhe Voivoda 3 km NE, 250 m, 42.235N, 27.451E, 12.04.2018 .

Varna: 1♂ (DEI-GISHym88750), Tsonevo 5 km S, 100 m, 42.982N, 27.451E, 03.04.2018 . 1♂, locality as previous, 06.04.2018 . 1♀, 1♂, locality as previous, 08.04.2018 . 1♂, Dolni Chiflik 2 km SE, 50 m, 42.983N, 27.743E, 05.04.2018 . 2♀, Staro Oryahovo 2 km SW, 120 m, 42.976N, 27.787E, 08.04.2018 . 1♂, locality as previous, 09.04.2018 . 1♂, locality as previous, 11.04.2018 . 1♂, Goren Chiflik 1 km SW, 40 m, 43.001N, 27.621E, 13.04.2018 .

Although the hosts of other Sterictiphora species, as far as they are known, are all woody species of Rosaceae , S. longicornis was recorded by Macek (2012) as having been reared from Carpinus betulus L. All of the specimens which we collected in Bulgaria were netted within woodland dominated by Carpinus .

The previously recorded range of this species is mainly in Central Europe , with a single record from “Yugoslavia” ( Taeger et al. 2006). The latter record is based on 1♂, Serbia, Beograd , Avala, 500 m, 26.03.2001, leg. Z. Nikolić, det. A. Taeger (Z. Nikolić Collection, University of Belgrade) .