Forum Entomologi Italiani

not cf. liturata !
I apologize to those who would have taken my assertion for "gospel truth".
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Biblio :
- Benson 1952 : RES - Handbooks ... Symphyta ... Vol. VI 2(b)

http://www.royensoc.co.uk/sites/default ... art02b.pdf

- Zhelokhovtsev 1988 : in Medvedev (Ed.) - Keys ... USSR. III. Hym. Part 6 Symphyta (Translation in English 1994)

[This Author groups together those whose Claws are simple or with minute denticle]

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Capture in Cne of Virieu-le-Grand (Dépt. Ain - France) - 10 VI 1993
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Det. of Genus, see viewtopic.php?f=375&t=38250&hilit=+empria
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sp. baltica Conde 1938 (not 1940) = sp. pallimacula (Audinet-Serville 1823)
Characteristics of our capture :
* A : Claws simple (neither bifurcate nor with large preapical denticle)
* B : Tergite 1 without pair of clear spots
* C : Clypeus with 2 apical extensions (see fig.)]
Thus A & B & C --> sp. baltica
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baltica was also captured in Italy