Genus Claremontia

Claremontia

The genus Claremontia has 18 species with a holarctic distribution. There are seven species recorded in Britain and three in Ireland.

The genus is characterised within the Blennocampini by the following factors. In the forewing stub vein A3 is straight at its apex. The hindwing lacks any enclosed medial cells. The outer orbit of the eye has a deep groove that is matt with a coriaceous sculpture. The pedicel is scarcely longer than wide. The tarsal claw has an inner tooth and a basal lobe.

Larvae feed on herbaceous species within the Rosaceae.

Species list:

Claremontia alchemillae (Cameron, 1877)

Claremontia alternipes (Klug, 1816)

Claremontia brevicornis (Brischke, 1883)

Claremontia puncticeps (Konow, 1886)

Claremontia tenuicornis (Klug, 1816)

Claremontia uncta (Klug, 1816)

Claremontia waldheimii (Gimmerthal, 1847)

References:

Benson, R.B., 1952. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Hymenoptera, Symphyta, Vol 6, Section 2(a-c), Royal Entomological Society, London

Koch, F. 1988: Die Gattung Claremontia Rohwer (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae). - Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift, Neue Folge, Berlin 35(4-5): 311-330

Lacourt, J. 1996: Note sur le genre Claremontia Rohwer, avec description d'une nouvelle espèce d'Espagne (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae). - Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie. Nouvelle Serié, Paris 12[1995](4): 249-254

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

Smith, K. G. V. 2000: Monophadnoidea (Claremontia) waldheimi (Himmerthal) Hym., Tenthredinidae) and other sawflies in North London (Middlesex). - The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, Brightwood 136: 218