Euura aquilonis Liston & Heibo & Prous & Vårdal & Nyman & Vikberg 2017

• Main Authors: Liston, Andrew D., Heibo, Erik, Prous, Marko, Vårdal, Hege, Nyman, Tommi, Vikberg, Veli
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2017
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Hymenoptera; Tenthredinidae; Euura; Euura aquilonis; Arctic; Norway; Marko; Torne Lappmark; Salix herbacea
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4902042; https://zenodo.org/record/4902042

aquilonis subgroup Other European taxa occur in the Carpathian Mountains and the Alps (Vikberg 2003), but only a single species is known in northern Europe. E. myrsiniticola , although it resembles aquilonis in adult morphology and was included by Vikberg (2003) in his aquilonis group, belongs to the viminalis subgroup according to genetic data. Euura aquilonis (Benson, 1941) comb. nov. Pontania aquilonis Benson, 1941. Published as a "new name" for Pontania herbaceae sensu Malaise, 1921a. Lectotype, ♀, designated by Vikberg (2003), BMNH [examined]. Type locality: Sweden, Torne Träsk area. Eupontania aquilonis (Benson, 1941): Vikberg (2003). Pontania algida Benson, 1941: 134 –136. Described: ♀. Holotype, ♀, BMNH [examined]. Type locality: Scotland, Perthshire, Breadalbane Mountains near Killin. Synonymy by Vikberg (2003). Pontania polaris : Kopelke (1989b); misidentification. Pontania ( Eupontania ) polaris : Zinovjev (1993b); misidentification. Variability. Female: Body length: 3.4–5.3mm. Supraclypeal area, outer orbits, upper inner orbits and lateral vertex brown, to completely black. Femora mainly pale, to mainly black. Male: 3.3–4.9mm. No significant colour variability in specimens examined. Total number of specimens examined: 34. Genetic data. Nyman et al. (2000) already published a tree that shows aquilonis placed outside the crassipes and viminalis subgroups. COI barcoding permits unequivocal identification of E. aquilonis , with the nearest neighbouring sequences (about 4% different) being those of the E. crassipes subgroup. Bionomics. Host plants: Salix herbacea , S. polaris , and their hybrid (Vikberg 2003). Biology: Hakkarainen et al. (2005), Kopelke (1989b), Roininen et al. (2002), Vikberg (2003). Distribution. North Europe (Scotland, Norway, Sweden, Finland), Central Europe (Slovakia, Tatra Mts) (Vikberg 2003). Occurrence in Sweden: published records; Torne Lappmark (Malaise 1921a, Vikberg 2003). Material examined: Torne Lappmark (galls and reared adults). : Published as part of Liston, Andrew D., Heibo, Erik, Prous, Marko, Vårdal, Hege, Nyman, Tommi & Vikberg, Veli, 2017, North European gall-inducing Euura sawflies (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae, Nematinae), pp. 1-115 in Zootaxa 4302 (1) on page 87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4302.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/839880 : {"references": ["Vikberg, V. (2003) Taxonomy of the species of Eupontania crassipes - and aquilonis - groups (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae: Nematinae). Entomologica Fennica, 14 (3), 129 - 172.", "Benson, R. B. (1941) On some Pontania species, with a revision of the proxima and herbaceae groups (Hym., Symphyta). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London. Series B: Taxonomy, 10 (8), 131 - 136. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 3113.1941. tb 00707. x", "Malaise, R. (1921 a) Beitrage zur Kenntnis schwedischer Blattwespen. Entomologisk Tidskrift, 40 (2 - 4), 97 - 128.", "Kopelke, J. - P. (1989 b) Mittel- und nordeuropaische Arten der Gattung Pontania Costa 1859 aus der herbaceae - und polaris - Gruppe (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica, 69 (1 - 3), 41 - 72.", "Zinovjev, A. G. (1993 b) Subgenera and Palaearctic species groups of the subgenus Pontania, with notes on the taxonomy of some European species of the viminalis - group (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae). Zoosystematica Rossica, 2 (1), 145 - 154.", "Hakkarainen, H., Roininen, H. & Virtanen, R. (2005) Negative impact of leaf gallers on arctic-alpine dwarf willow, Salix herbacea. Polar Biology, 28 (8), 647 - 651.", "Roininen, H., Danell, K., Zinovjev, A., Vikberg, V. & Virtanen, R. (2002) Community structure, survival and mortality factors in arctic populations of Eupontania leaf gallers. Polar Biology, 25, 605 - 611."]}