Euura arcticornis

• Main Authors: Liston, Andrew D., Heibo, Erik, Prous, Marko, Vårdal, Hege, Nyman, Tommi, Vikberg, Veli
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2017
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Hymenoptera; Tenthredinidae; Euura; Euura arcticornis; Fennoscandia; Kanin peninsula; Yakutia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4902054; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B9953B5C7D5901FF48FF4E2436FB90

Euura arcticornis (Konow, 1904) Pontania arcticornis Konow, 1904: 230 –231. Described: ♀, ♂. Lectotype, ♀, designated by Vikberg & Zinovjev (2006), FMNH [examined]. Type locality: Russia, Kanin Peninsula. Pontania ( Eupontania ) arcticornis : Zinovjev (1985). Pontania ( Pontania ) arcticornis : Viitasaari & Vikberg (1985). Nematus ( Pontania ) arcticornis : Zhelochovtsev (1988). Eupontania arcticornis : Vikberg & Zinovjev (2006). Euura arcticornis : Prous et al. (2014). Pontania phylicifoliae Forsius, 1919: 165 –168. Described: ♀, ♂, gall, recorded host: Salix phylicifolia. Lectotype, ♀, designated by Vikberg & Zinovjev (2006), RFT [examined]. Type locality: Finland, Helsinki. Synonymy with P. arcticornis by Lindqvist (1955). Pontania viminalis var. hepatimaculae Malaise, 1921: 115 –117. Described: ♀, ♂, larva, gall, recorded host: Salix phylicifolia. Lectotype, ♀, designated by Vikberg & Zinovjev (2006), NHRS [NHRS-HEVA000003513; examined]. Type locality: Sweden, Torne Träsk area. Synonymy with P. phylicifoliae by Forsius (1932). Variability. Female: Body length: 3.0– 4.9mm. Head extensively pale on supraclypeal area, inner and outer orbits and lateral vertex, to nearly completely black. All abdominal sterna and downturned parts of terga completely yellow, to nearly completely black. Male: 3.5–3.8mm. Total number of specimens examined: 30. Genetic data. Although there is no distinct barcode sequence, E. arcticornis is apparently identifiable using nuclear ITS2 sequences (Leppänen et al. 2014). Bionomics. Host plants: Salix phylicifolia (Vikberg & Zinovjev 2006), S. lapponum × phylicifolia (Kopelke 1991). Biology: Barstad & Nilsson (2012, 2015), Kopelke (1991), Nyman & Julkunen Tiitto (2000), Roininen et al. (2002). Distribution. North Europe including northern parts of the British mainland (Benson 1958), throughout Fennoscandia (Vikberg & Zinovjev 2006), and N. Russia (Kanin Peninsula: Konow 1904). Also recorded in Yakutia (Popov 2011). Occurrence in Sweden: published ...