Synanthedon theryi Le Cerf, 1916

Bąkowski, Marek, 2021, Morphology of pupae of Synanthedon codeti (Oberthür, 1881) and Synanthedon theryi Le Cerf, 1916 (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae), Zootaxa 4969 (1), pp. 175-182 : 178

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4969.1.10

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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:58B2A0D3-C375-44D3-A364-5398D9078C16

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4745675

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87B9-8338-FF82-FEF7-6F5CF2DB7588

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Plazi

scientific name

Synanthedon theryi Le Cerf, 1916
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Synanthedon theryi Le Cerf, 1916 View in CoL

( Figs 1–2 View Figs 1–2 , 7–10 View Figs 7–10 )

21 pupal exuviae— 11 males, 10 females ( Spain, Andalusia, Balearic Islands, 1995–2002)

Length and width: 10.9–14.5 x 2.5–3.6 mm (mean: 12.7 x 3.0 mm).

Proboscis almost reaches ends of metathoracic legs ( Fig. 1 View Figs 1–2 ). Area of head projection blade prolonged and variable in shape, widely rounded, sometimes widely truncate at the end, but lacking two points. Frontal setae situated approximately at level of lateral angles of frons in dorsal view. Depressions of frons shallow and with few wrinkles ( Fig. 7 View Figs 7–10 ). Plate of head projection blade short, not curved in lateral view. Dark margin narrow. Frons rises gently from its projection blade in lateral view. Lateral depression on head relatively narrow, elongated and caudoventrally concave ( Fig. 8 View Figs 7–10 ). Distance between clypeal setae C1 2 approximately 3.0–3.5 × greater than distance between C1 2 and Cl 1. Labrum truncate for a greater distance and with concave sides. Postclypeus bears small projections ( Fig. 9 View Figs 7–10 ). Cremaster relatively roundly pointed at end and approximately equal in length to anal suture, sometimes anal suture longer than cremaster as in both male and female. Spines on the 10 th abdominal segment robust, triangular, sharply pointed, their setae short ( Fig. 10 View Figs 7–10 ). Spines of basal row on the 2 nd abdominal segment absent. Spines of caudal row approximately 1.5–2.0 × shorter than those of basal row on the 3 rd abdominal segment. Fourth abdominal segment bears 10–13 slender spines of basal row between setae D1. Crevices between them pointed. Ventral edge of subdorsal furrow on mesonotum weak and reaches about barely to 1/3 of dorsal longitudinal ridge length ( Fig. 2 View Figs 1–2 ).

Diagnostic features. Depressions of frons shallow and with a few wrinkles. Ventral edge of subdorsal furrow on mesonotum weak and reaches about barely to 1/3 of dorsal longitudinal ridge length. Fourth abdominal segment bears 10–13 slender spines of basal row between setae D1. Spines of caudal row approximately 1.5–2.0 × shorter than those of basal row on the 3 rd abdominal segment.

Host plants. Tamarix spp. e.g. Tamarix gallica L., T. africana Poiret (Tamaricaceae) ( Laštůvka & Laštůvka 2001).

Distribution. Algeria, Morocco, Spain, Portugal, Mediterranean regions of France, Corsica, Italy, Slovenia ( Špatenka et al. 1999; Laštůvka & Laštůvka 2001; Predovnik 2017).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Sesiidae

Genus

Synanthedon

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