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Microdiprion pallipes

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Microdiprion pallipes (FALLÉN, 1808)

Beinn Eighe NNR, NH0064, Wester Ross, native pinewood, 1 ♀, 11.v.-13.vi.1988, Malaise trap, leg. I. MacGowan (RSME).

Both the above individuals (see also Table 1) are extremely pale. The lateral parts of the abdominal terga and most of the sterna are bright yellow. In the field, the Claybokie specimen was initially mistaken because of its pale colouration for Monoctenus juniperi (Linnaeus, 1758). However, the female of M. juniperi has at most a band of orange-brown along the lateral margins of the terga.

Benson (1959) referred Scottish populations of M. pallipes to ssp. pallipes, found also from northern Fennoscandia south to around Berlin in Germany (Forsslund 1960). The nominate subspecies was considered to be replaced by M. pallipes ssp. politum (Klug, 1812), adults of which are much darker, in Alpine and pre-Alpine Europe. Mallach (1973) discussed some of the problems attached to the distinction of these putative subspecies. The description by Enslin (1917) of variability in colouration in Lophyrus (M.) pallipes still seems very fitting.

Notes

Published as part of Liston, A. D., Knight, G. T., Heibo, E., Bland, K. P., Barstad, Trond Elling, Blank, S. M., Boeve, J. - L., Fiedler, K., Grearson, K. J., Halstead, A., Jacobs, H. - J., Jansen, E., Lonnve, O., Prous, M., Robinson, J. & Taeger, A., 2012, On Scottish sawflies, with results of the 14 International Sawfly Workshop, in the southern Highlands, 2010 (Hymenoptera, Symphyta), pp. 1-68 in Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 62 on page 40

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Biodiversity

Collection code
NNR , RSME
Event date
1988-05-11
Family
Diprionidae
Genus
Microdiprion
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
NH0064
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
FALLEN
Species
pallipes
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
1988-05-11/06-13
Taxonomic concept label
Microdiprion pallipes (FALLEN, 1808) sec. Liston, Knight, Heibo, Bland, Barstad, Blank, Boeve, Fiedler, Grearson, Halstead, Jacobs, Jansen, Lonnve, Prous, Robinson & Taeger, 2012

References

  • Benson, R. B. 1959: Sawflies (Hymenoptera, Symphyta) of Sutherland and Wester Ross. - Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 95: 101 - 104.
  • Forsslund, K. - H. 1960: Studier over lilla tallstekeln Diprion (Microdiprion) pallipes (Fall.). Studien uber die kleine Buschhornblattwespe Diprion (Microdiprion) pallipes (Fall.). - Meddelanden fran statens skogsforskningsinstitut 49: 1 - 62.
  • Mallach, N. 1973: Zur Kenntnis der Kleinen Kiefern-Buschhornblattwespe, Diprion (Microdiprion) pallipes (Fall.) (Hymenoptera, Diprionidae). Teil 1: Systematik, Verbreitung und Morphologie. - Zeitschrift fur angewandte Entomologie 74: 394 - 434.
  • Enslin, E. 1917: Die Tenthredinoidea Mitteleuropas VI. - Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, Beiheft 6: 539 - 662.