Hoplocampa chamaemespili Masutti & Covassi 1980
Creators: name: Liston, Andrew
name: Prous, Marko
name: Vårdal, Hege
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Tenthredinidae
Hoplocampa
Hoplocampa chamaemespili

description: Hoplocampa chamaemespili Masutti & Covassi, 1980
Hoplocampa chamaemespili Masutti & Covassi, 1980: 222–225. Holotype ♀, not examined, in MSNV. Type locality: Italy,Alpi Carniche, Sappada, Monte Lastroni SE.
Additional description. Body length: 5.5–6.0mm. Clypeus narrowly and deeply emarginate. Pale body colour orange-brown. Anterior of median mesoscutal lobes broadly black. Inner and outer areas of lateral mesoscutal lobes broadly black (Fig. 75). Mesoscutellum largely pale, appendage entirely black. Female: dorsum of abdominal terga 1–6 black. Valvula 3 in lateral view pale, dorso-apically more or less black. Lancet: Fig. 82. Male: penis valve: Fig. 97.
Total number of specimens examined: 9.
Similar species. Only Hoplocampa plagiata is likely to be confused with H. chamaemespili. In direct comparison, they can usually be distinguished as follows [but see notes under plagiata on a very dark colour form of that species, only known from France (Massif Central and Pyrenees)]:
- Lateral mesoscutal lobe with internal and external black areas (Fig. 75). Mesoscutellar appendage entirely black. ♀: Occiput entirely dark. Sawteeth of lancet small, rather flat (Fig. 82). ♂: penis valve distally with group of long setae; valviceps distally acute (Fig. 97)............................................................................. chamaemespili
- Lateral mesoscutal lobe nearly completely pale, except for sutures (Fig. 76). Mesoscutellar appendage at least pale in middle. ♀: Occiput largely pale, except around foramen magnum. Sawteeth of lancet large, strongly protruding (Fig. 88). ♂: penis valve distally without group of long setae; valviceps distally obtuse (Fig. 107).................................... plagiata
Life history. Host plant: Sorbus chamaemespilus (Masutti & Covassi, 1980). Biology: Masutti & Covassi (1980).
Distribution. Northern Italy: Monte Baldo, Dolomites, Carnic pre-Alps, and Western Julian Alps (Provinces Trento e Verona, Bolzano, Belluno, Pordenone, and Udine): Masutti & Covassi (1980) and records below. So far only found in the upper montane and subalpine zones, between approximately 1400–1900. Schedl (2017) published a record under the name chamaemespili of a female and male, illustrated with dorsal habitus images of both specimens, from Austria, Carinthia, Dobratsch, Schüttenwald, 700– 900m. These specimens are H. plagiata, based on his illustrations.
Occurrence in Sweden: not recorded, and not expected.
Specimens examined. Italy: 6♀ (including DEI-GISHym11128, BC-ZSM-HYM11306) 3♂ (including BC- ZSM-HYM11307), Monte Baldo, ca. 1800 m, 24– 26.06.2004 (SDEI, ZSM).
description: Published as part of Liston, Andrew, Prous, Marko & Vårdal, Hege, 2019, A review of West Palaearctic Hoplocampa species, focussing on Sweden (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae), pp. 1-45 in Zootaxa 4615 (1) on page 14, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4615.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3995252