Euura leptostigma ZMUO.
Creators: name: Prous, Marko
name: Liston, Andrew
name: Monckton, Spencer K.
name: Kramp, Katja
name: Vårdal, Hege
name: Vikberg, Veli
name: Heibo, Erik
name: Mutanen, Marko
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Tenthredinidae
Euura
Euura leptostigma

description: 118 Euura leptostigma (Lindqvist, 1958)
Figs 131, 352–353
Pteronidea leptostigma Lindqvist, 1958: 111–113.
Pteronidea thunebergi Lindqvist, 1959c: 58–59. Syn. nov.
Pteronidea curticornis Lindqvist, 1969: 236–237. Secondary homonym of Nematus curticornis Cameron, 1885 [Euura pedunculi (Hartig, 1837)]. Syn. nov.
Pteronidea melanochroa Lindqvist, 1969: 235–236. Syn. nov.
Pteronidea tegularis Lindqvist, 1969: 236. Syn. nov.
Amauronematus nitens Lindqvist, 1977: 93–94. Secondary homonym of Nematus nitens Thomson, 1888 [Euura respondens (Förster, 1854)]. Syn. nov.
Nematus truncicornis Vikberg, 1982. Replacement name for Pteronidea curticornis Lindqvist, 1969.
Euura nitidula Prous & Taeger, 2014 in Prous et al. 2014. Replacement name for Amauronematus nitens Lindqvist, 1977.
Diagnosis
Most similar are E. leucopyga, E. parviserrata, E. sulciceps, E. sordidiapex, E. polepso Prous & Mutanen sp. nov., and E. polaris, which can mostly be distinguished based on the lancets, but the differences can be small. Valvula 3 of some specimens of E. leucopyga and often in E. polaris is rather broad and square-shaped in dorsal view while it is narrower and tends to be more triangular in the other species. The lancet of E. sordidiapex is the most similar to E. leptostigma and may not always be distinguishable. There might be differences in overall shape:
– dorsal margin of lamnium almost straight, basal annuli somewhat higher than middle annuli ......... ...................................................................................................................................... E. sordidiapex
– dorsal margin of lamnium somewhat bent, middle and basal annuli of similar height ...................... ..................................................................................................................................... E. leptostigma.
The lancet of E. polaris is also similar, but the overall shape might be slightly different and it is perhaps (usually?) smaller than in E. leptostigma. The males are not clearly distinguishable from those of E. leucopyga, E. parviserrata, E. sulciceps, E. polepso sp. nov., and E. polaris. Penis valve of E. sordidiapex is slightly different in shape (paravalva similarly broad basally and apically, but apically broader in the other species) and has a smaller valvispina than the other species.
Female
Head extensively pale around eyes to nearly completely black; labrum pale; clypeus extensively or slightly pale; supraclypeal area black or pale; thorax black; pronotum black or posteriorly slightly pale (usually?); tegula pale; pterostigma pale; metafemur and metatibia pale; hind tarsus pale or brown; abdomen dorsally nearly completely black, ventrally mostly black to mostly pale; mesepisternum smooth or slightly matt; valvula 3 rather broad in dorsal view. Head can be rather like in “ Amauronematus ”. Colouration of ZMUO.037269 (mesepisternum slightly matt) fits well with the type of leptostigma.
Type material examined
Holotype Pteronidea leptostigma
SWEDEN – Torne Lappmark • ♀; Abisko; 68.35° N, 18.83° E; 1–5 Jul. 1954; J.E. and R.B. Benson leg.; BMNH, B.M.TYPEHYM.1.783.
Notes
Mesepisternum smooth; 20 serrulae.
Holotype Pteronidea thunebergi
FINLAND – Inari • ♀; Lemmenjoki; 68.75° N, 26.23° E; 27 Jun. 1917; E. Thuneberg leg.; MZH, http://id.luomus.fi/GL.3595.
Notes
19 (?) serrulae, smooth mesepisternum. Best fit: DEI-GISHym12055 (20 serrulae).
Holotype Pteronidea curticornis
FINLAND – Inari Lapland • ♀; Utsjoki; 69.91° N, 27.03° E; 7 Jul. 1968; V. Karvonen leg.; MZH, http://id.luomus.fi/GL.3563.
Notes
21 serrulae, smooth mesepisternum. Best morphological fit: DEI-GISHym12055 (20 serrulae).
Holotype Pteronidea melanochroa
NORWAY – Troms • ♀; Helligskogen; 69.20° N, 20.72° E; 30 May 1967 [emergence date from larvae collected in 1966]; J. Kangas leg.; reared from Salix lapponum L.; MZH, http://id.luomus.fi/GL.5140.
Notes
21–22 serrulae.
Holotype Pteronidea tegularis
FINLAND – Inari Lapland • ♀; Utsjoki; 69.91° N, 27.03° E; 17 Jun. 1967; V. Karvonen leg.; MZH, http://id.luomus.fi/GL.3592.
Notes
17–18 serrulae, matt mesepisternum.
Holotype Amauronematus nitens
FINLAND – Lapin Lääni • ♀; Kilpisjärvi; 69.04° N, 20.81° E; 10 Jul. 1968; L.H. Woollatt leg.; MZH, http://id.luomus.fi/GL.2537.
Notes
19–20 serrulae.
Host plants
Salix spp.
Genetics
COI
Based on 12 specimens, maximum within-species distance is 4.26% and the nearest neighbours, diverging by a minimum of 0%, are Euura polaris and Euura sulciceps.
Nuclear
Based on 12 specimens, maximum within-species distance is 0.62% (0.45% based on haplotypes of individual females). The nearest neighbour, diverging by a minimum of 0.15%, is Euura sulciceps.
Distribution and material examined
Palaearctic. Specimens studied are from Finland, Norway, and Sweden.
description: Published as part of 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), pp. 1-377 in European Journal of Taxonomy 977 on pages 62-64, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.977.2799, http://zenodo.org/record/15019574