Xyela curva Benson, 1938 *

Liston, Andrew, Prous, Marko & Macek, Jan, 2019, On Bulgarian sawflies, including a new species of Empria (Hymenoptera, Symphyta), Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 66 (1), pp. 85-105 : 101

Xyela curva Benson, 1938 *

Material.

Burgas: 5♀, 1♂, Prosenik 1 km NW, 150 m, 42.805N, 27.436E, 07.04.2018. 1♀, Burgas 8 km SE, 40 m, 42.432N, 27.527E, 10.04.2018. 1♀, Indzhe Voivoda 3 km NE, 250 m, 42.235N, 27.451E, 12.04.2018.

Varna: 1♂, Goren Chiflik, 30 m, 43.014N, 27.626E, 13.04.2018.

Most specimens swept from Pinus nigra .

Widespread in the Western Palaearctic throughout the natural range of Pinus nigra J.F.Arnold, and also on introduced P. nigra in more northern areas of Europe ( Blank et al. 2013, with distribution map as fig. 11).