Euura fuscomaculata
In the female the abdomen is almost entirely black above. The mesopleura, hind orbits are mainly black and the front and middle lobes of mesonotum are usually mainly black. The male is unknown.
Euura fuscomaculata larvae feed on aspen.
Size: Female: 5.0 - 6.0mm.
Status: Rare
Distribution: England, Scotland
Flight period: May to June
Plant associations: Populus tremula (aspen).
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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
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
Muche, W.H., 1974. Die Nematinengattungen Pristiphora Latreille, Pachynematus Konow und Nematus Panzer (Hym., Temthredinidae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 21(1/3), pp.1-137.
Prous, M., Liston, A., Kramp, K., Savina, H., Vårdal, H. and Taeger, A., 2019. The West Palaearctic genera of Nematinae (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae). ZooKeys, 875, p.63-127