Pristiphora abietina - Pristiphora abietina group
In the female the basal part of the sawsheath is parallel sided when viewed from above and the sides of the 9th tergite alongside the sawsheath are dulled by microsculpture between the punctures. This species is smaller than the similar Pristiphora compressa. The ovipositor is longer than the four basal tarsal segments and longer than the middle tibia.
Pristiphora abietina larvae feed on norway, sitka and other spruces and have been locally destructive in the past.
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Size: 4 - 6.5mm
Status: Widespread
Distribution: England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
Flight period: May to July
Plant associations: Picea abies and Picea sitchensis (norway spruce and sitka spruce)
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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
Prous, M., Kramp, K., Vikberg, V. and Liston, A., 2017. north-Western Palaearctic species of Pristiphora (hymenoptera, tenthredinidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research, Vol. 59