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I receved today :

Pesarini, F. 1995: Descrizione di Xiphydria irrorata n. sp. dell'Italia settentrionale (Hymenoptera Symphyta Xiphydriidae). - Quaderni della Stazione di Ecologia del Civico Museo di Storia Naturale di Ferrara, Ferrara 8: 73-79

Of where this new version
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Biblio :
- Enslin 1912/1918 : Die Tenthredinoidea Mitteleuropas
- Pesarini 1995 : Descrizione di Xiphydria irrorata ...
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Determination of Family Xiphydriidae , see : viewtopic.php?f=370&t=21255

The Family contains a single Genus : Xiphydria

This Genus contains 7 European species.

- With Abdomen black & yellow , [♂ : Antennae black & yellow] : irrorata ♂ (♀ unknown)
- With Abdomen mainly or entirely reddish : megapolitana (only 2 cubital Cells), prolongata (3 cubital Cells)
- With Abdomen entirely black : betulae
As we see it on the joined photos, our capture is not one of these 4 species

Thus there remain 3 species :
- longicollis : Legs brown, Tibias with a basal white ring - [Antennae black]

(Our capture has the Legs reddish & the Tibias without white ring)

- picta : The 2 clear strips on the vertex reach the Eyes
- camelus : The 2 clear strips on the vertex do not reach the Eyes

Thus our capture is this last species [the most common of Genus], it was captured in Italy