Euura fuscula ( Lindqvist, 1958 )

114 Euura fuscula ( Lindqvist, 1958)

Fig. 125 View Figs 122–125

Pteronidea fuscula Lindqvist, 1958: 116–117 .

Diagnosis

The female holotype is mostly black and externally most similar to species in the bipartita and flavescens groups. The lancet (17 serrulae) is most similar to E. bipartita , E. fuscarima , and E. lienterica , but does not clearly fit these species ( E. fuscarima is also significantly paler, and usually the other two species are as well): sutures of middle annuli somewhat S-shaped as in E. lienterica (more or less straight or arcshaped in E. fuscarima and E. bipartita ), but setae are significantly longer than in at least E. lienterica . The serrulae of E. fuscula seem to be most similar to E. fuscarima . In the absence of genetic data it is difficult to say whether E. fuscula could be a synonym of an existing species or is distinct. The male paratype http://id.luomus.fi/GL.3565 belongs to the E. flavescens group (species uncertain).

Type material examined

Holotype Pteronidea fuscula

FINLAND – Lapin Lääni • ♀; Kilpisjärvi; 69.04° N, 20.81° E; 10 Jul. 1950; E. Lindqvist leg.; MZH, http://id.luomus.fi/GL.3566. GoogleMaps

Host plants

Unknown.

Genetics

COI

No data.

Nuclear No data.

Distribution and material examined

Palaearctic. Specimens studied are from Finland.