Salix herbacea Amauronematus mcluckieae A. mcluckieae A. arcticola S. herbacea S. reticulata S. reticulata Amauronematus mimus SCHMIDT , 1997 Salix aurita A. mimus Salix aurita A. histrio A. hartigi Saarinen, 1950 S. aurita On Scottish sawflies, with results of the 14 International Sawfly Workshop, in the southern Highlands, 2010 (Hymenoptera, Symphyta) Liston, A. D. Knight, G. T. Heibo, E. Bland, K. P. Barstad, Trond Elling Blank, S. M. Boeve, J. - L. Fiedler, K. Grearson, K. J. Halstead, A. Jacobs, H. - J. Jansen, E. Lonnve, O. Prous, M. Robinson, J. Taeger, A. Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 2012 2012-05-15 62 1 68 BENSON, 1935 BENSON 1935 [181,659,1055,1080] Insecta Tenthredinidae Amauronematus GBIF Animalia Hymenoptera 31 32 Arthropoda species mcluckieae   Benson (1935)dedicated the species name mcluckiei[sic!] to his wife (Joyce Elinor Benson, née McLuckie). The incorrect original spelling of the species name is here corrected according to Article 31.1.2 ( ICZN 1999).    Salix herbaceahas generally been considered to be the normal host of  Amauronematus mcluckieaesince Benson (1935)first suggested this association. We have not however found a published record of a rearing from this host. In the British Isles,  A. mcluckieaeis still only known from Highlandsites in Perthshire and Inverness ( Benson 1958; as  A. arcticola[misidentification]), but seems likely to occur at least also in the Northern Highlands. It is most frequently collected on summit vegetation where the only willow species present is  S. herbacea, so this association seems likely to be correct. Nevertheless, the above record shows that  S. reticulatamay also sometimes be a host. Larvae of no other sawfly species have yet been observed to feed on  S. reticulatain Scotland, although in Finlandthis willow supports a small but highly characteristic complement of apparently mostly monophagous sawfly species (V. Vikberg, pers. comm.).  †  Amauronematus mimus SCHMIDT, 1997 At least two of the specimens were swept from  Salix auritaL.  Females of the  A. histriogroup (until recently often referred to also as the  A. fallaxgroup) in RSME, apart from correctly determined specimens of  A. histrio(Serville, 1823), include two specimensof an unidentified species from Irelandand two further  A. mimus:   Ireland: Cavan; Drumcarban, 1 ♀, 2.v.[19]42, leg. R. C. Faris; Cauhoo, 1 ♀, 14.v.[19]42, 8 p.m., leg. R. C. Faris. Identification of  A. mimusand several other similar W. Palaearctic species remains difficult, because the only modern work on these by Schmidt (1997)deals mainly with the Fennoscandian fauna, and does not cover a number of species known from Central Europe (not all of which are even described). Nevertheless, whilst remembering that colour patterns (often of high diagnostic value) may be somewhat different in individuals from regions outside Fennoscandia, specimens can in some cases be reliably identified using the key and illustrations in Schmidt (1997). His data on recorded hostplants (mostly  Salixspecies, but a few species on  Betulaand  Vaccinium) allow a further control of plausibility of identification. At present only females can be identified. Whenever possible, the saw should also be examined. The Scottish females ( Figs 1, 2) were compared and found to match very closely a German female (SDEI) of  A. mimusfrom Brandenburg, det. S. Schmidt. Compared with the illustrations in Schmidt (1997), the saw of one Scottish specimen examined by Heibo agrees best (and very closely) with the illustration for  A. mimus.    A. mimusis otherwise known from Germany, Finlandand Russia( Taeger et al. 2006).  Salix auritais the only recorded hostplant, but note that at least two other species of this group (  A. histrioand  A. hartigiSaarinen, 1950) use  S. auritaas a host ( Schmidt 1997).  Material of this species group from the British Isles requires re-examination (ideally together with fresh specimens collected from identified  Salixspecies), to establish how many species occur and obtain an indication of their host ranges. At present, only  A. histrioand  A. mimusare known from Britain and Ireland. The few British specimens so-far re-examined, previously identified as  A. fallax(Lepeletier, 1823)or  A. stenogaster(Förster, 1854), are  A. mimusand an unidentified species somewhat resembling  A. mimusthat is not  A. stenogaster s. str.as redescribed by Schmidt (1997)(under the name  A. fallax).  A. stenogasteris monophagous on  Salix repensL. according to recent literature (but in Germanyalso occurs on  S. rosmarinifolia; Liston unpublished). For the present, pending re-examination of further museum material and special searches of its host,  A. stenogastershould be deleted from the list of British Isles sawflies. 1996-07-13 RSME Tarmachan, NN & Bland Liston 31 32 1 1 R C. Faris Ireland Drumcarban 32 33 10 2 Cavan