Pristiphora (Pristiphora) denudata Konow, 1902

Liston, Andrew D., Knight, Guy T., Sheppard, David A., Broad, Gavin R. & Livermore, Laurence, 2014, Checklist of British and Irish Hymenoptera - Sawflies, ' Symphyta', Biodiversity Data Journal 2, pp. 1168-1168 : 1168

Pristiphora (Pristiphora) denudata Konow, 1902

Pristiphora atlantica Lacourt, 1987: misident.

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Notes

Contrary to the opinion of Lacourt (1987), we do not consider this taxon to be synonymous with Pristiphora pallidiventris ( Fallén, 1808) ( Pristiphora pallidiventris pallidiventris sensu Lacourt), nor with Pristiphora atlantica Malaise, 1939 (= Pristiphora atlantica Lacourt, 1987) as previously treated by Liston (1995), who replaced the name Pristiphora denudata with Pristiphora atlantica Lacourt on the grounds that the name Pristiphora denudata is preoccupied in Pristiphora by Nematus denudatus Hartig, 1840. Nematus denudatus was at that time considered to be a synonym of Pristiphora carinata (Hartig, 1837). According to Schmidt (in Lacourt 1999), Nematus denudatus Hartig actually belongs to Amauronematus (Brachycoluma) , thus removing the homonymy. Pristiphora denudata differs from Pristiphora pallidiventris not only in the more extensively pale abdomen (without intermediate specimens), but also in details of the structure of the saw, and is probably attached only to Rubus species, whereas Pristiphora pallidiventris is polyphagous on various Rosaceae .