Forum Entomologi Italiani

One will refer to the bibliographies , descriptions and photos which I already gave with my messages, on the Forum, concerning the Tenthredopsis.
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# 2467 captured in a very wet depression of the ground, at an altitude of 690 m. in Cne : Chézery-Forens (Dépt. Ain - France) - 07.06.1992

Please excuse the bad quality of certains photos

This Symphyta is a Tenthredopsis ♀
In addition one observe :
- The forms of the clypeus (See photo).
- The mesepisternum very strongly punctuated (See photo)

To my knowledge (...) this characteristic is specific !

- The black bands bordering ventrally the abdomen (See photo).
According to Berland p. 142 it is T. tarsata
If one had used the keys of Blank & Ritzau, one would have arrived at the same result.
Thus :
Tenthredopsis tarsata (Fabricius 1804) ♀ ..... OK ?

It seems that this species would not exist in Italy.

It is astonishing because it is in Romania, Croatia, etc .
Perhaps that there is a species synonym, in Sicily or in the south of Italy, quoted by Costa (Is what its identifications were revised ?)

Saluti.

D & JP Balmer