Pristiphora cincta - Species not placed in a group

More than one species may be concealed within Pristiphora cincta. Possibly a lowland species feeding on birch and a highland species feeding on bilberry. The female abdomen is red girdles on up to four middle tergites. Males often have a red girdle on the abdomen (lowland specimens?) but are best determined by examination of the penis valves.

Pristiphora cincta larvae feed on downy birch, willows, bilberry and bog bilberry.

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Size: 5.5 - 6.5mm

Status: Widespread

Distribution: England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Flight period: April to June

Plant associations: Betula pubescens, Salix spp., Vaccinium myrtillus and Vaccinium uliginosum (downy birch, willows, bilberry and bog 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, 59