Rhogogaster viridis (Linnaeus 1758) Linnaeus 1758
- Dataset
- European Rhogogaster s. str., with notes on several Asian species (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hymenoptera
- family
- Tenthredinidae
- genus
- Rhogogaster
- species
- Rhogogaster viridis
discussion
Discussion. Malaise & Benson (1934) examined the Linnean types of sawflies and selected the lectotype of viridis with the words “ 1 ♀ Rhogogaster viridis L., auct., labelled ' viridis' agrees with the description and is no doubt the type. 1 ♀ also belongs to this species ” (lectotype designation according to ICZN 1999, Art. 74.5). Benson (1943), when describing Tenthredo dryas, and in the course of his revision of Rhogogaster (Benson 1965), obviously did not re-examine the lectotype of viridis. Unfortunately, the viridis type is conspecific with dryas. Its identity is apparent from the photos at http: // linnean-online. org / 16692 (coloration, sculpture of the mesoscutellar appendage), and was confirmed by the examination of the specimen by MV. Consequently, the rather rare species that during recent decades was usually called R. dryas, now has to be called R. viridis, whereas the common R. viridis auct. needs another name (R. scalaris). We have examined viridis specimens from Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, N Kazakhstan (Shuchinsk), Russia (Irkutsk) and Sweden.