Dolerus pratensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Liston, Andrew, Mutanen, Marko, Heidemaa, Mikk, Blank, Stephan M., Kiljunen, Niina, Taeger, Andreas, Viitasaari, Matti, Vikberg, Veli, Wutke, Saskia & Prous, Marko, 2022, Taxonomy and nomenclature of some Fennoscandian Sawflies, with descriptions of two new species (Hymenoptera, Symphyta), Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 69 (2), pp. 151-218 : 151

Dolerus pratensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Tenthredo pratensis Linnaeus, 1758: 556. Sex not given. Syntypes (assumed). Lectotype ♀ designated by Malaise and Benson (1934). Type locality: Europe.

Tenthredo (Dolerus) deserta Klug, 1818: 300-301. ♂. Holotype. Published type locality: "In hiesiger Gegend gefunden" [meaning the environs of Berlin, Germany].

Type material examined and taxonomic notes.

Tenthredo pratensis Linnaeus, 1758. Lectotype. LSUK. Images of the lectotype (LINN 2501) in dorsal and lateral view and the labels are available ( The Linnean Society of London 2022), but we did not examine the specimen itself.

Tenthredo (Dolerus) deserta Klug, 1818. Holotype (GBIF-GISHym 2316; Fig. 15 ). Good condition, genitalia dissected and pinned with the specimen. ZMHB.

Figures

Figure 13. Dolerus pratensis (Linnaeus, 1758) ♀ (ZMUO. 045279). A. Dorsal habitus; B. Lateral habitus. Dolerus timidus (Klug, 1818) ♀ (ZMUO. 032881); C. Dorsal habitus; D. Lateral habitus.

Figure 14. Dolerus timidus (Klug, 1818), D. variator Enslin, 1927 and D. pratensis (Linnaeus, 1758). A. Penis valve, lectotype Tenthredo timida; B. Penis valve, D. variator; C. Metepimeron (arrow), D. pratensis (ZMUO. 032881); D. Metepimeron (arrow), D. timidus (ZMUO. 029409), mirrored; E. Lancet, D. timidus; F. Lancet, D. pratensis.

Figure 15. Dolerus pratensis (Linnaeus, 1758), holotype ♂ Tenthredo deserta Klug, 1818. A. Penis valve; B. Dorsal habitus.