New garden species

Abia lonicerae♀︎

Last update: 22 November 2024
garden
species


Rare

Location Krimpen aan den IJssel, garden
Observations
2020-IV-11


A sawfly female Abia lonicerae [Soortenregister], a new garden species. The wasp sat on Garlic mustard (Alliara petiolata) flowers underneath the Honeysuckle (Lonicera sp.), one of its host plants [Liston et al. 2014], but it was unclear whether she was foraging.

Abia lonicerae

Literature

Liston et al. 2014 Liston, A. D., Savina, H., Nagy, Z. T., Sonet, G., & Boeve, J. L., 2014. Taxonomy, phylogeny and host plants of some Abia sawflies (Hymenoptera, Cimbicidae). Zootaxa, 3821(1), 125-132.

Soortenregister Nederlands Soortenregister

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