Fenella nigrita Westwood, 1839

Liston, Andrew D. & Prous, Marko, 2014, Sawfly taxa (Hymenoptera, Symphyta) described by Edward Newman and Charles Healy, ZooKeys 398, pp. 83-98 : 85

Fenella nigrita Westwood, 1839 ( Tenthredinidae )

Fenella nigrita Westwood, 1839: 54; sex not stated; type locality: not stated.

Phyllotoma tormentillae Healy, 1868: 140-141; larvae; adults reared [sex not stated] but not described; type locality: Highgate, Hornsey, Hampstead, Norwood and Croydon [parts of London].

Type material examined.

Phyllotoma tormentillae . Lectotype (hereby designated) ♀ [adult]: "[handwritten] Phyllotoma tormentillae, N. [printed] Det. in Coll. Ent. Club, Inst.'d 1826. Pres’d 1927 by Club to Hope Coll."; "[red] Lectotype Phyllotoma tormentillae Healy, 1868 des. A. Liston 2013"; "Fenella nigrita Westwood, 1839 det. A. Liston 2013", "DEI-GISHym 19994". Condition: fair. Paralectotypes: 11♀ with same original labels, [blue] paralectotype labels, and "Fenella nigrita Westwood, 1839 det. A. Liston 2013". One paralectotype has a large handwritten label reading "Phyllotoma Tormentillae N A complete life history of this species by Mr Healy appears in the Entomologist Vol iv p140".

Discussion.

It is considered that the lectotype of Phyllotoma tormentillae [adult] was reared from the larvae described by Healy. The synonymy of Phyllotoma tormentillae with Fenella nigrita as given by Kirby (1882) and in various subsequent works is confirmed.