Cimbex quadrimaculatus
Only a single specimen recorded historically from Britain.
Size: 20? - 28mm?
Status: Extinct in Britain and Ireland
Distribution: England
Flight period: May? to July?
Plant associations: unknown. On the continent Prunus dulcis (almond)
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- Cimbex quadrimacultus ( Hungarian specimen) Credit György Csóka
References:
Benson, R.B., 1952. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Hymenoptera, Symphyta, Vol 6, Section 2(a-c), Royal Entomological Society, London
Liston A, Knight G, Sheppard D, Broad G, Livermore L (2014) Checklist of British and Irish Hymenoptera - Sawflies, ‘Symphyta’. Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e1168. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e1168