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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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 Natural England, unpublished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)