EUURA PUNICEA GROUP
Euura sempersolis - Melancholy Birch Nematine
Amauronematus sempersolis Kiaer, 1898
Amauronematus tristis Lindqvist, 1959
Euura tristis (Lindqvist, 1959)
An upland species. Discovered at Dundreggan in the western Highlands of Scotland in 2011 and 2012 (Knight 2012, where referred to as E. tristis) (Musgrove, 2024). We do not have a species description at this time.
Euura sempersolis larvae feed on dwarf birch.
Size: Female: not known
GB IUCN status: Data Deficient
GB rarity status: Nationally Rare
Distribution: Scotland
Flight period: presumed April to June
Plant associations: Betula nana (dwarf birch)
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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
Musgrove, A.J. 2024. A review of the status of sawflies of Great Britain - Phase 3: The Tenthredinidae (subfamily Nematinae). Natural England, unpublished
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