Euura infirma (Förster, 1854)

Prous, Marko, Liston, Andrew, Monckton, Spencer K., Kramp, Katja, Vårdal, Hege, Vikberg, Veli, Heibo, Erik & Mutanen, Marko, 2025, West Palaearctic species of Euura Newman, 1837 (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 977, pp. 1-377 : 60-61

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.977.2799
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15020815
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scientific name	Euura infirma (Förster, 1854)
status

Treatment

116 Euura infirma (Förster, 1854)

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Nematus infirmus Förster, 1854a: 316–318 . Lectotype designated by Taeger & Blank (1998).

Nematus subaequalis Förster, 1854a: 305–307 . Lectotype designated by Taeger & Blank (1998). Synonymy by Taeger & Blank (1998).

Diagnosis

The females are most similar to E. gehrsi , E. annulata , and E. oehlkei , but can be distinguished based on lancets which are ventrally concave and have serrulae present also on basal-most annuli (ventrally slightly convex in E. gehrsi and E. annulata and basal 2–3 annuli without serrulae in E. gehrsi , E. annulata , and E. oehlkei ). Valvula 3 is also narrower in dorsal view than in E. gehrsi , E. annulata , and perhaps E. oehlkei . Male penis valves are clearly distinguishable from the other Euura . Pseudoceps of the penis valve is apically filament-like, which is otherwise only seen in a few species of Euura that have bifid claws (small subapical tooth in E. infirma ).

Female

3.7–3.9 mm. Head slightly to extensively pale around eyes; labrum, clypeus, and supraclypeal area pale; thorax black; pronotum black or posteriorly slightly pale; tegula pale; pterostigma pale; metafemur extensively pale; metatibia pale; hind tarsus black; abdomen black; valvifer 2 pale; valvula 3 black or brown, in dorsal view narrow and with acute apex.

Type material examined

Lectotype Nematus infirmus

GERMANY – Nordrhein-Westfalen • ♂; Aachen area ; 50.77° N, 6.09° E; ZSM, GBIF-GISHym 3303. GoogleMaps

Lectotype Nematus subaequalis

GERMANY – Nordrhein-Westfalen • ♀; Aachen area ; 50.77° N, 6.09° E; ZSM, GBIF-GISHym3445 GoogleMaps .

Host plants

Bistorta officinalis ( Macek et al. 2020; rearings by Alexey Zinovjev).

Genetics

COI

Based on 3 specimens, maximum within-species distance is 0.46% and the nearest neighbours, diverging by a minimum of 4.86%, are Euura polaris and E. poppii .

Nuclear

Based on 2 specimens, maximum within-species distance is 0% (0.33% based on haplotypes of individual females). The nearest neighbour, diverging by a minimum of 0.92%, is Euura gehrsi .

Distribution and material examined

Palaearctic. Specimens studied are from France, Germany, Italy, and Russia. Euura infirma should be removed from the Finnish list, because the records probably refer to E. gehrsi .