Corresponding author: Jong-Wook Lee (
Academic editor: Michael Ohl
The sawfly genus
Park B, Prous M, Lee J-W (2019) Taxonomic review of the genus
The genus
Although this group is widely distributed in the Holarctic, very little is known about the South Korean species. Until recently, only two species (
Morphological terminology follows
Newly obtained sequences of cytochrome oxidase subunit I (
Pinned specimens including the studied types come from the following institutional collections:
The following abbreviations are used throughout the text:
1 | Head largely pale in female; clypeus mostly pale without median keel (Fig. |
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– | Head mostly black in both sexes; clypeus entirely black with median keel (Figs |
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2 | Vein 2A+3A in fore wing incomplete ( |
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– | Vein 2A+3A in fore wing complete; cell M in hind wing closed (Fig. |
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3 | Tegula mostly black; abdominal terga with indistinct pairs of whitish (pale) patches (Fig. |
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– | Tegula usually entirely white; abdominal terga with distinct pairs of whitish (pale) patches (Figs |
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4 | Malar space 1.7–1.9 times as long as diameter of median ocellus in female, 1.4–1.6 times in male (Fig. |
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– | Malar space 1.1–1.7 times as long as diameter of median ocellus in female, 0.8–1.0 times in male (Figs |
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5 | All trochanters and trochantelli black; ovipositor sheath distinctly extending beyond apex of abdomen (Fig. |
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– | All trochanters and trochantelli pale; ovipositor sheath not extending or slightly extending beyond apex of abdomen (Fig. |
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Based on the mitochondrial
South Korea: 1♀, Gangwon-do, Mt. Odaesan, Mirugam (Pugdaesa), 1300 m, 31.V.1991, A. Shinohara (
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Japan, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, USA (
Belongs to
Although two specimens at the extremes of variation can look strikingly different, most specimens cannot be identified as belonging to one or the other form identified by
Based on the barcode region of two available
South Korea: ♀, holotype of
South Korea: 1♂, Gangwon-do, Pyeongchang-gun, Mt. Balwangsan, 11.VI.2000, J.W. Lee (
Japan, Russia (
Based on the barcode region of two
China: ♀, holotype of
South Korea: 1♂, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Yeongju-si, Dansan-myeon, Marak-ri, San 46-5, Mt. Sobaeksan, Euipungji, 5.IV–3.V.2016, E.J. Hong (
Unknown.
South Korea (new record), Japan (new record), China (
Belongs to
Based on the
China: ♀, holotype of
South Korea: 1♀1♂, Gangwon-do, Hongcheon-gun, Bukbang-myeon, Gwangwon Prov. Environment Research Park, Alt. 220 m,
Unknown.
South Korea (new record), Russia (new record), China (
Based on morphology,
[Holotype] Russia: ♀, Primorsky Krai, Vladivostok, Sedanka, Alt. 100 m,
The
Unknown.
South Korea, Russia.
The species name is an arbitrary combination of letters, to be treated as a noun.
The most similar species is
[Holotype] South Korea: ♀, Chungcheongnam-do, Seosan-si, Haemi-myeon, Daegok-ri 880, Hanseo Univ.,
Female lancets.
Male penis valves.
Based on the
Unknown.
South Korea, Russia.
The species name, a noun, is formed from the Latin
Belongs to
A result of maximum likelihood analysis of 20 species (including all species treated here) of
Maximum likelihood tree of
We thank Dr. Andreas Taeger (Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, Germany), and Dr. Wei Meicai (Jiangxi Normal University, China) for allowing study of the types and voucher specimens. Also, we are grateful to Dr. Akihiko Shinohara (National Museum of Nature and Science, Japan), and Dr. David R. Smith (Smithsonian Institution, USA) for providing the voucher and undetermined specimens, and valuable comments to improve the quality of the manuscript. This work was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Biological Resources (