Pristiphora coactula - Bog-bilberry Sawyer
Pristiphora carinata group
Just one record of a female at Inchnadamph in Sutherland in 1958 (Benson 1959) (Musgrove, 2024).
The female is best determined by the characteristics of the saw. Males are best determined by the penis valve.
Pristiphora coactula larvae feed on Bog Bilberry and is therefore associated with wet moorlands. Larvae feed at night and are concealed at the base of the plant in the day.
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Size: Assumed 5.5 - 7.5mm
GB IUCN status: Data Deficient
GB rarity status: Unclear
Distribution: Scotland
Flight period: May to July
Plant associations: Vaccinium uliginosum (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
Musgrove, A.J. 2024. A review of the status of sawflies of Great Britain - Phase 3: The Tenthredinidae (subfamily Nematinae). Natural England, unpublished
Prous, M., Kramp, K., Vikberg, V. and Liston, A., 2017. north-Western Palaearctic species of Pristiphora (hymenoptera, tenthredinidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research, Vol. 59