Claremontia brevicornis = Monophadnoides puncticeps sensu Benson
What was originally called puncticeps became renamed as brevicornis (Liston et al. 2022), a name that was previously being used for what is now called confusa (Musgrove, 2023). Historic records should be treated with contempt. The species appears to occur widely to northern Scotland.
The head is black with conspicuous tubercles which are usually denser on the lower inner orbits. The thorax and the abdomen are also black. The legs usually have white tibiae though these may be infuscated.
Claremontia brevicornis larvae feed on Salad Burnet and Creeping Cinquefoil.
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Size: 5 - 6mm
GB IUCN Status: Least Concern
GB Rarity Status: None
Distribution: England, Scotland, Wales
Flight period: April to July
Plant associations: Sanguisorba minor (Salad Burnet) and Potentilla reptans (Creeping Cinquefoil).
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- Claremontia puncticeps female Credit Andrew Green
- Claremontia puncticeps female Credit Andrew Green
- Claremontia puncticeps female Credit Andrew Green
- Claremontia puncticeps female Credit Andrew Green
- Claremontia puncticeps male Credit Andrew Green
- Claremontia puncticeps male Credit Andrew Green
- Claremontia puncticeps penis valve Credit Andrew Green
References:
Benson, R.B., 1952. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Hymenoptera, Symphyta, Vol 6, Section 2(a-c), Royal Entomological Society, London
Chambers, V. H. 1961: Bedfordshire sawflies: with some new food-plants. - The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, Fourth Series, London 96 (21) 209-211
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
Liston, A., Mutanen, M., Heidemaa, M., Blank, S.M., Kiljunen, N., Taeger, A., Viitasaari, M., Vikberg, V., Wutke, S. and Prous, M., 2022. Taxonomy and nomenclature of some Fennoscandian Sawflies, with descriptions of two new species (Hymenoptera, Symphyta). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 69(2), pp.151-218.
Musgrove, A.J. 2023. A review of the status of sawflies of Great Britain - Phase 2: The Athaliidae and the Tenthredinidae (excluding Nematinae). Natural England, unpublished
Sheppard, D. A., 2019. British Symphyta (draft in preparation)