Correction of scientific names of five species of sawflies (Hymenoptera: Symphyta)

Document Type : Scientific note

Authors

1 Assistant Professor of plant Protection department, faculty of agriculture, Shahid Bahonar university, Kerman, Iran

2 Associated Professor, department of agricultural Entomology, faculty of agriculture, Tarbiat Modarres university, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

During the survey on sawflies (Hymenoptera,Symphyta) between 2010 to 2013, it was found that name of this group of sawflies in some  Persian references was incorrect  and due to this fact their name should be corrected in the following way:
1-Argeochropus (Gmelin, 1790) from family Argidae, in some Persian references mentioned as Argerosae (Linnaeus), and synonyms of this species are as follows:
TenthredoochropusGmelin, 1790; ArgerosincolaSchrank, 1802; Hylotomarosarum Klug, 1814; Hylotomapyrenaica André, 1879; ArgesororKonow, 1890; Argepyrenaica var. nigripesKonow, 1895; ArgemodestaKonow, 1905; Argepyrenaicamauritanica Schulz, 1906; Hylotomarosae var. diversicolor Pic, 1917; ArgepyrenaicaluteolaMuche, 1977.
 
2- Urocerussah (Mocsáry, 1881) from family Siricidae, in some Persian references mentioned as SirexsahMocsáry.
3- Pristiphoraplatycerus (Hartig, 1840) from family Tenthredinidae, in some Persian references mentioned as Stauronematuscompressicornis (Fabricius). Synonyms of this species are as follows:
NematusplatycerusHartig, 1840; NematusvallatorSnellen van Vollenhoven, 1858; Nematuscebrionicornis Costa, 1859; Nematuscallicerus Thomson, 1863.
4- Ardispallipes (Serville, 1823) from family Tenthredinidae, in some Persian references mentioned as ArdisbrunniventrisHartig. Synonyms of this species are as follows:
Tenthredo (Allantus) bipunctata Klug, 1817; DoleruspallipesServille, 1823; Dolerus (Emphytus) pallipesLepeletier, 1823; TenthredobrunniventrisHartig, 1837; Monophadnusdissimilis Costa, 1859; Selandria (Monophadnus) irrogata Cresson, 1880; Emphytusdubius W.F. Kirby, 1882; AphanisusodoratusMacGillivray, 1908; AphanisusparallelusMacGillivray, 1923.
5- Caliroacerasi (Linnaeus, 1758) from family Tenthredindae, in some Persian references mentioned as Caliroalimacina( Retzius). Synonyms of this species are as follows:
Tenthredocerasi Linnaeus, 1758; TenthredoflavipesSchrank, 1781; TenthredolimacinaRetzius, 1783; Tenthredo (Allantus) adumbrata Klug, 1816; Monostegiaantipoda W.F. Kirby, 1881; CaliroalaudataMacGillivray, 1909; CaliroalacinataMacGillivray, 1909.

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