Euura vicina

In both genders the abdomen is entirely black. A similar species to Euura caeruleocarpa but the hind tibial inner spur is 1.5 times the length of the apical breadth of the hind tibia. In the male the spur is clearly more than half the length of the basitarsus. Both genders are mostly black with brown on the labrum. The legs are largely yellowish-brown. The cerci are shorter than the sawsheath when viewed from above.

Euura vicina larvae feed on birches, poplars, willows and broad-leaved dock.

Size: Female: 8.0 - 9.0mm, male: 7.5 - 8.0mm.

Status: Widespread, but infrequent

Distribution: England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Flight period: May to July

Plant associations: Betula spp., Populus spp., Salix spp. and Rumex obtusifolius (birches, poplars, willows and broad-leaved dock).

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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