Tenthredo caspica Mocsáry, 1883

Taeger, Andreas, 2013, The type specimens of Tenthredo Linnaeus, 1758 (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) deposited in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Zootaxa 3626 (2), pp. 201-244 : 206

Tenthredo caspica Mocsáry, 1883

A junior subjective synonym of Tenthredo ( Maculedo) vestita André, 1881 . Synonymy by Enslin (1920).

TYPES. Tenthredo caspica Mocsáry, 1883: 7 . Syntype (s) Ƥ, “Caucasus; in territorio Maris Caspii”.

= Tenthredella celsia Enslin, 1912b: 104 . Unjustified replacement name for “ Tenthredo caucasica Mocsáry, 1883 ” which is only a lapsus calami for T. caspica by Konow (1905a: 139): “ T. caucasica, Mocsáry, Ertek. Term. Kör. Vol. 13, p. 7 (1883)”.

DISCUSSION. In the HNHM collection, a female was found labelled “Novorossisk. Russ. m.”, “ Allantus vestitus André caspicus Mocs.” (Mocsáry’s handwriting), “ Allantus laetus Knw.” (Konow’s handwriting). This specimen could be a syntype, but because Novorossisk is situated at the Black Sea, and not at the Caspian Sea ( type locality according to Mocsáry), the status of this specimen remains uncertain. It belongs to T. vestita .