Nematinus caledonicus
Both males and females occur in Britain and Ireland. The basal tergites of the abdomen have regular transverse coriaceous sculpture. In both sexes, the frons bulge is deeply and broadly indented. The male's head, thorax and abdomen are mostly black dorsally. The female usually has a black mark on the middle lobe and lateral lobes of the mesonotum and an all black mesosternum. The sawsheath is acuminate in dorsal view. The lancet lacks any lateral teeth.
Nematinus caledonicus larvae feed on birches.
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Size: 6 - 7.5mm
Status: Uncommon
Distribution: England, Scotland, Ireland
Flight period: May to June
Plant associations: Betula spp. (birches)
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- Nematinus caledonicus female Credit Andrew Green
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- Nematinus caledonicus lance (top) and lancet (bottom) Credit Andrew Green
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- Nematinus caledonicus sawsheath Credit Andrew Green
References:
Benson, R.B., 1952. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Hymenoptera, Symphyta, Vol 6, Section 2(a-c), Royal Entomological Society, London
Lindqvist, E. 1957. Zur Kenntnis der paläarktischen Nematinus-Arten (Hym., Tenthredinoidea). - Notulae Entomologicae, Helsingfors 37, 12-16
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
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.