Pristiphora carinata - Pristiphora carinata group
The stigma is always pale and the hind femur usually infuscated. The scutellum is glossy and virtually impunctate. The sawsheath is tapered and more or less triangular when viewed from above. The female is best determined by the characteristics of the saw. Males are best determined by the penis valve.
Pristiphora carinata larvae feed on bilberry and is therefore associated with moorlands and heaths.
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Size: Assumed 5.5 - 7.5mm
Status: Local
Distribution: England, Scotland, Wales
Flight period: May to July
Plant associations: Vaccinium myrtillus (bilberry)
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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