Dolerus yukonensis Norton 1872

• Main Authors: Liston, Andrew, Mutanen, Marko, Heidemaa, Mikk, Blank, Stephan M., Kiljunen, Niina, Taeger, Andreas, Viitasaari, Matti, Vikberg, Veli, Wutke, Saskia, Prous, Marko
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2022
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Hymenoptera; Tenthredinidae; Dolerus; Dolerus yukonensis; Kamtschatka; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7019585; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/21D834B7210157B29AD0682FAB3C0AD8

Dolerus yukonensis Norton, 1872 Dolerus similis var. yukonensis Norton, 1872: 82. ♀, ♂. Syntypes. Lectotype ♀ designated by Ross (1931) [not examined]. Type locality: Alaska, USA. Dolerus scoticus Cameron, 1881a: 206. ♀. Syntypes (assumed). Lectotype ♀ designated by Benson (1934a). Type locality: Braemar in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Dolerus pratensis var. totus Malaise, 1931b: 15-16. ♀, ♂. Syntypes. Type locality: Kamtschatka ("Klutchi, Petropawlowsk, Elisowo"). Lectotype designated below. Type material examined and taxonomic notes. Dolerus scoticus Cameron, 1881. Lectotype ♀. BMNH. Dolerus pratensis var. totus Malaise, 1931. Lectotype ♀ hereby designated, labelled: "KAMTSCHATKA Malaise" [printed], “586” [pink, printed], “Typus” [red, printed], " D. pratensis var totus n. sp. Type [handwritten] Malaise det. [printed]", " Dolerus scoticus ♀ Cam [handwritten] A.Zhelochovtsev det 19[printed] 33 [handwritten]", " Dolerus germanicus totus Mal." [printed and folded], " Lectotypus [printed] Dolerus pratensis var. totus Malaise, 1931 M.Heidemaa des. [handwritten in block letters]" [red label], " Dolerus 2009 [printed] Dolerus yukonensis [handwritten] M.Heidemaa det. [printed]". NHRS. Paralectotypes: 1♀, “280” [printed], " Dolerus 20 [printed] 11 Dolerus subarcticus [handwritten] M.Heidemaa det. [printed]" (a melanic female). NHRS. 1♀, " Dolerus v. toto [sic!] n. var. Paratypus ♀ Malaise det. [written by R. Forsius?]", " Dolerus yukonensis Norton M.Heidemaa det.", MZAT (coll. Forsius). Dolerus yukonensis has a Holarctic distribution, and both red-banded/-marked as well as melanic color forms occur. According to Goulet (1986) the color forms developed independently in the coastal areas of both continents. This speaks against the subspecific status of the melanic color forms suggested by Benson (1959). According to Benson (1934a) D. scoticus Cameron can be distinguished from melanic forms of D. yukonensis by the strongly developed temporal furrows, like in D. junci and D. incisus , which are absent in D. yukonensis . He ...