146 Euura clitellata group sp. 1

Fig. 374

A single male (ZMUO.035580) from Utsjoki (Finland) is clearly a different species from the others in the group, based on nuclear DNA. The penis valve is not clearly distinguishable from E. clitellata, but externally (colouration and the projection of tergite 8) it is most similar to E. fallax . Of the North American species treated by Ross (1945), ZMUO.035580 is perhaps most similar (based on the penis valve and the projection of tergite 8) to Euura aurata (Marlatt 1896a: 91–93, 99–100) ( Pachynematus auratus Marlatt, 1896), but the characters do not seem to fit perfectly. The dominant COI variant belongs to BOLD:ACF0333 (most European E. clitellata specimens), the second to BOLD:ACM0632 (North America) and the third is closest (2.4%) to BOLD:ABX5515 (North America and some secondary variants of several Finnish specimens of E. clitellata).

Host plants

Unknown.

Genetics

COI

Only one sequence available. The nearest neighbour, diverging by a minimum of 0.15%, is Euura clitellata (nuclear clusters 3 and 5). When secondary intraindividual COI variants of ZMUO.035580 are also included, maximum within species distance is 2.89% and the nearest neighbour, diverging by a minimum of 0.15%, is Euura clitellata ( E. clitellata s. str. and nuclear clusters 3–5).

Nuclear

Only one sequence available. The nearest neighbour, diverging by a minimum of 1.43%, is Euura moerens .

Distribution and material examined

Palaearctic. The studied specimen is from northernmost Finland.