Ciao, # 2208 captured at an altitude of about 885 m. in Cne : Le-Petit-Abergement (Dépt. Ain - France) - july 20, 1988 - Length : about 11.0 mm. This Abia has a tiny pre-apical tooth.
- Abdomen metallic unpolished : green, seldom blue. - Antennae : reddish in the medium, brown at the 2 ends - Forewing stigma bicoloured : margins of basal half blackish, apical half yellow ; cell 3R1 hyaline. Biblio. : Berland L. - Faune de France ... 1947 ... Hymenoptera Tenthredoïdes ....... : Savina H. & Liston A.D. - Bull. Sté Entomol. France - Sept. 2009 - vol. 114(3) - p. 272 - "European Abia species ..." .......... [http://kfeescom.accountsupport.com/CREN-MP/site///GIMP_Wikini/download/Savina_Liston_150dpi.pdf] ....... : Zhelokhovtsev in Medvedev (Ed.). 1988. Keys to the insects of the European part of the USSR. III. Hymenoptera. Part 6 Symphyta , Translation in English : Edit. E.J. Brill 1994 NB : For the former Authors, the species of : ...... Abia had claws with pre-apical tooth about equal of length to the apical - Zaraea have not pre-apical tooth or then tiny. ...... To day the species of the genus Zaraea are classified in the genus Abia, because the character based on the pre-apical tooth is not stable.
Questo Abia vive anche in Italia Abia fulgens (femmina) - OK ? Saluti.
D & JP Balmer
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