Pristiphora aphantoneura - Pristiphora ruficornis group

Males are unknown. This species cannot always be distinguished from Pristophora luteipes. The surface sculpture of the mesepisternum is not a reliable character. The lectotype has a yellowish-brown scape that is dorsally infuscate. The tegulae are black finely edged with yellowish-brown laterally. The pronotum is black. Separation of the two species is best achieved by detailed examination of the saw, though small differences in the hypopygium may also be diagnostic.

Pristiphora aphantoneura larvae feed on meadow vetchling.

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Size: 3.7 - 5.5mm

Status: Local

Distribution: England, Wales

Flight period: May to Aug

Plant associations: Lathyrus pratensis (meadow vetchling)

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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.D., 1981. Pristiphora (Lygaeophora) lanifica (Zaddach, 1882) new to Britain (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae). Entomologist's gazette.

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

Vikberg, V., Blank, S.M., Schmidt, S. and Taeger, A., 2006. Pristiphora Latreille, 1810 (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae: Nematinae)-two closely related species feeding on Lathyrus and Salix and notes on species feeding on leguminous plants. Recent Sawfly Research: Synthesis and Prospects. Goecke & Evers, Keltern, pp.105-128.