Euura reticulata

A species of the arctic-alpine zone. In the female the head, including the antennae, and at least most of the thorax and underside of the abdomen are coloured reddish-yellow. The stigma is pale. Males are probably indistinguishable from Euura nubium.

Euura reticulata larvae feed on bilberries.

Size: Female: 4.0 - 5.5mm.

Status: Rare

Distribution: Scotland

Flight period: May to June

Plant associations: Vaccinium spp. (bilberries)

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