Rhogogaster viridis Linnaeus 1758

• Main Authors: Taeger, Andreas, Viitasaari, Matti
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2015
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Hymenoptera; Tenthredinidae; Rhogogaster; Rhogogaster viridis; Andreas; Fennoscandian
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6113761; https://zenodo.org/record/6113761

Rhogogaster viridis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Figs 3 o, p, 4 i –k, 5 c, m, 6 h, n) Tenthredo viridis Linné, 1758: 557. Lectotype ♀, designated by Malaise & Benson (1934), examined by MV(LSUK, http:// linnean-online.org/ 16692 /). Type locality: “Europa”. Tenthredo dryas Benson, 1943: 139, 141– 142, syn. nov. Holotype ♂, not examined (BMNH). Type locality: Great Britain: England: Herts, Bricket Wood. 1 ♀ paratype from the type locality examined by AT (SDEI, http://dx.doi.org/ 10.6084 /m 9.figshare. 861169). Rhogogaster similis Lindqvist, 1959: 68. Holotype ♀, examined by MV (FMHEL, https://kotka.luomus.fi/view?uri=http://id.luomus.fi/GL. 2359). Type locality: SW Finland: Föglö. Synonymy by Benson (1963) with R. viridis (auct. = scalaris ), synonymy with dryas by Viitasaari (1980). Discussion . Malaise & Benson (1934) examined the Linnean types of sawflies and selected the lectotype of viridis with the words “ 1 ♀ Rhogogaster viridis L., auct., labelled 'viridis' agrees with the description and is no doubt the type. 1 ♀ also belongs to this species” (lectotype designation according to ICZN 1999, Art. 74.5). Benson (1943), when describing Tenthredo dryas , and in the course of his revision of Rhogogaster (Benson 1965), obviously did not re-examine the lectotype of viridis . Unfortunately, the viridis type is conspecific with dryas . Its identity is apparent from the photos at http://linnean-online.org/ 16692 (coloration, sculpture of the mesoscutellar appendage), and was confirmed by the examination of the specimen by MV. Consequently, the rather rare species that during recent decades was usually called R. dryas, now has to be called R. viridis , whereas the common R. viridis auct. needs another name ( R. scalaris ). We have examined viridis specimens from Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, N Kazakhstan (Shuchinsk), Russia (Irkutsk) and Sweden. : Published as part of Taeger, Andreas & Viitasaari, Matti, 2015, European Rhogogaster s. str., with notes on several Asian species (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae), pp. 369-398 in Zootaxa 4013 (3) on page 379, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4013.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/245770 : {"references": ["Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema Naturae, per regna tria naturae secundum classes, ordines, genera, species cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Vol. 1. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp.", "Malaise, R. & Benson, R. B. (1934) The Linnean Types of Sawflies (Hymenoptera, Symphyta). Arkiv for Zoologi, 26 (4 [A 20]), 1 - 14.", "Benson, R. B. (1943) The green British species of Tenthredo (Hymenoptera Symphyta). The Entomologist, 76, 133 - 144.", "Lindqvist, E. (1959 [\" 1958 \"]) Neue Blattwespen aus Fennoskandien (Hym., Tenthr.). Notulae Entomologicae, 38 (3), 68 - 72.", "Benson, R. B. (1963) Wear and Damage of Sawfly Saws (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae). Notulae Entomologicae, 43, 137 - 138.", "Viitasaari, M. (1980) The taxonomy and synonymy of some eastern Fennoscandian sawfly species (Hymenoptera, Symphyta). Notulae Entomologicae, 60 (3), 113 - 116.", "Internationa Comission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) (1999) International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. 4 th Edition. International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature, London, 306 pp.", "Benson, R. B. (1965) The classification of Rhogogaster Konow (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London, Series B: Taxonomy, 34, 105 - 112. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 3113.1965. tb 01702. x"]}