1 Reply by Syrphus

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Re: Another sawfly muddle, I think

According to the 2009 sawfly checklist that lurks somewhere on the web,

Pristiphora rufipes Serville, 1823 has the synonyms

aquilegiae (Vollenhoven, 1866, Nematus) and
alnivora (Hartig, 1840): misidentification.

If you search the Gateway, you find one return for
Pristiphora aquilegiae (Vollenhoven, 1866)     TaxonVersionKey: NBNSYS0100004860 (no name-rating)

and another for

Pristiphora (Pristiphora) rufipes Serville, 1823     TaxonVersionKey: NHMSYS0020482100 with the synonyms

Nematus aquilegiae Vollenhoven, 1866     TaxonVersionKey: NHMSYS0020481501
Pristiphora alnivora (Hartig)     TaxonVersionKey: NBNSYS0000013537
Pristiphora alnivora misidentification (Hartig, 1840) misidentification   TaxonVersionKey: NHMSYS0020482105
Pristiphora rufipes (Lepeletier, 1823)     TaxonVersionKey: NBNSYS0100004867.

I suspect that P. aquilegiae and P. rufipes should be one and the same, by analogy with my recent posts and the others you found on Tenthredo spp.

M.

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Re: Another sawfly muddle, I think

That does indeed look like a synonym - I will have a look at that today - well-spotted! :)

Chris Raper, Manager of the UK Species Inventory, Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity,
Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD.  (tel: 020 7942 5894)
also Tachinid Recording Scheme (http://tachinidae.org.uk/)

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Re: Another sawfly muddle, I think

This has now been fixed on the master copy.

Chris Raper, Manager of the UK Species Inventory, Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity,
Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD.  (tel: 020 7942 5894)
also Tachinid Recording Scheme (http://tachinidae.org.uk/)