Hymenoptera Collection (#5)

Curtis British Entomology Plate 624
Hymenoptera: Pristomerus vulnerator (Panz.) ? a Curtis genus Date: 1824-39

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Hymenoptera: Chelostoma florisomnis = Chelostoma florisomne [Plant: Cicendia filiformis (Exacum filiforme, Yellow Centaury)] Date: 1824-39

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Hymenoptera: Athalia spinarum = Athalia rosae (Turnep Saw-fly) [Plant: Brassica rapa (Turnip)] Date: 1824-39

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Hymenoptera: Stenocera walkeri Curtis = Stenoceroides walkeri (Curtis) [Plant: Rosa x hibernica (Rosa hibernica, Belfast Rose)] Date: 1824-39

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Hymenoptera: Ammophila campestris Lat. = Ammophila pubescens Curtis [Plant: Petasites hybridus (Tussilago petasites, Common Butterbur)] Date: 1824-39

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Hymenoptera: Ophion ventricosus [Plant: Heracleum spondylium (Hogweed)] Date: 1824-39

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Hymenoptera: Banchus farrani Curtis = Banchus volutatorius [Plant: Raphanus raphinastrum ssp. maritimus (Raphanus maritimus, Sea Radish)] Date: 1824-39

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Hymenoptera: Alyson kennedii Curtis, cf. Alysson sp.? (perhaps adventive) [Plant: Sagina procumbens (Procumbent Pearlwort)] Date: 1824-39

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Hymenoptera: Mellinus sabulosus = Mellinus sabulosa Date: 1824-39

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Hymenoptera: *Bombus ericetorum (Heath Humble-bee, Bumble-bee), cf. male Bombus subterraneus (seemingly not the Mainland-European B. hypnorum ssp. ericetorum)

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Hymenoptera: Callimome subterraneus = Torymus nobilis (Cynips Parasite) [Plant: Rosa pimpinellifolia (Rosa spinosissima, Burnet Rose)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 536
Hymenoptera: Pezomachus hopei = Agrothereutes abbreviator (Short-winged Ichneumon) [Plant: Urtica pilulifera (Roman Nettle)] Date: 1824-39

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Hymenoptera: Sapyga clavicornis (Club-horned Sapyga) [Plant: Hieracium officinarum (Hieracium pilosella (Mouse-ear Hawkweed)] Date: 1824-39

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Hymenoptera: Gorytes bicinctus [Plant: Cladium mariscus (Schoenus mariscus, Prickly Bog-rush)] Date: 1824-39

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Hymenoptera: Epeolus variegatus [Plant: Ophrys insectifera (Ophrys muscifera, Fly Ophrys)] Date: 1824-39

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Hymenoptera: Hecabolus sulcatus (4-stigmared Ichneumon) [Plant: Daphne mezereum (The Mezereon)] Date: 1824-39

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Hymenoptera: Heriades truncorum (Larger Heriades) [Plant: Legousia hybrida (Campanula hybrida, Corn Bell-flower)] Date: 1824-39

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Hymenoptera: Diodontus gracilis = Passaloecus gracilis [Plant: Hypericum pulchrum (Upright St. John?s Wort)] Date: 1824-39

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Hymenoptera: Oxybelus argentatus [Plant: Leontodon hispidus (Apargia hispida, Rough Apargia)] Date: 1824-39

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Hymenoptera: Leiophron apicalis (Black-tailed Leiophron) [Plant: Lysimachia nummularia (Money-wort)] Date: 1824-39

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Hymenoptera: Smiera macleanii = Chalcis biguttata (Essex Chalcis) [Plant: Bolboschoenus maritimus (Scirpus maritimus, Salt-marsh Club-grass)] Date: 1824-39

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Hymenoptera: Psithyrus rupestris (Black-winged Bumble-bee) [Plant: Digitalis purpurea (Purple Foxglove)] Date: 1824-39

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Hymenoptera: Mesochorus sericans = Astiphromma sericans [Plant: Cuscuta epithymum (Less Dodder)] Date: 1824-39

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Hymenoptera: Oryssus coronatus = Oryssus abietinus (A mainland-European species) [Plant: Phalaris sp. (Phalaris canariensis, Manured Canary Grass)] Date: 1824-39

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Hymenoptera: Cladius pilicornis = Priophorus pilicornis (Simple Hairy-horned Cladius) [Plant: Vicia cracca (Tufted Vetch)] Date: 1824-39

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Hymenoptera: Lasioglossum tricingulum Curtis (Long-tongued Melitta), = Halictus xanthopus. This is the type description of Lasioglossum Curtis

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Hymenoptera: Phagonia smaragdina = Halticoptera flavicornis (Emerald Phagonia) [Plant: Fumaria capreolata (Ramping Fumitory)] Date: 1824-39

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Hymenoptera: Foenus assectator = Gasteruption assectator (Short-tailed Foenus) [Plant: Dactylorhiza (= Dactylorchis) maculata? (Orchis latifolia, Marsh Orchis)

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Hymenoptera: Nomada dalii Curtis = Nomada sheppardana (Charmouth Wasp-bee) [Plant: Ribes uva-crispa (Ribes grossularia, Rough Gooseberry)] Date: 1824-39

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Hymenoptera: *Lampronota crenicornis Hal. mss. (According to Fitton et al. Lampronota Curtis = Lissonata, but they do not list this specific name) [Plant

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Hymenoptera: Zele albitarsus = Zemiotes albiditarsus (White-footed Ichneumon) [Plant: Smyrnium olusatrum (Alexanders)] Date: 1824-39

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Hymenoptera: Mymar pulchellum Curtis (Feather-winged Mymar) [Plant: Viola palustris (Marsh Violet)] Date: 1824-39

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Hymenoptera: Helorus anomalipes (Red-legged Helorus) [Plant: Solanum nigrum (Common Nightshade)] Date: 1824-39

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Hymenoptera: Tryphon varitarsus = Hemiteles varitarsus (This being the name listed by Kloet and Hincks for Curtis?s Typhon varitarsus)

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Hymenoptera: Encyrtis vitis = Encyrtus swederi (Vine Encyrtus) [Plant: Cyperus fuscus (Dwarf Cyperus)] Date: 1824-39

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Hymenoptera: Agriotypus armatus (Spined Agriotypus) [Plant: Scutellaria galericulata (Common Skull-cap)] Date: 1824-39

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Hymenoptera: Stilpnus dryadum (Stilpnus of the Woods) [Plant: Sherardia arvensis (Little Field Madder)] Date: 1824-39

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Hymenoptera: Cinetus dorsiger = Ismarus dorsiger [Plant: Cirsium dissectum (Cnicus pratensis, Meadow Plume Thistle)] Date: 1824-39

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Hymenoptera: Aphidius cirsii = Aphidius matricariae (Thistle-aphis Destroyer) [Plant: Anemone apennina (Mountain Anemone)] Date: 1824-39

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Hymenoptera: Lyda fasciata Curtis = Neurotoma saltuum (Barred Lyda) [Plant: Carex dioica (male Common Separate-headed Carex)] Date: 1824-39

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Hymenoptera: Hylaeus dilatatus (Broad-horned Hylaeus) (but = Hylaeus annularis, Fitton et al.) [Plant: Reseda luteola (Weld or Wolds)] Date: 1824-39

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Hymenoptera: Dasypoda swammerdamella = Dasypoda altercator (Swammerdam?s Bee) [Plant: Tussilago farfara (Colt?s-foot)] Date: 1824-39

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Hymenoptera: Saropoda bimaculata = Anthophora bimaculata (Two-spotted Saropoda) [Plant: Centaurea scabiosa (Great Knapweed)] Date: 1824-39

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Hymenoptera: Anthophora haworthana = Anthophora retusa (Haworthian Bee) [Plant: Koeleria cristata (Aira cristata, Crested Hair-grass)] Date: 1824-39

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Hymenoptera: Xylonomus pilicornis = Xorides fuligator (Hairy horned Ichneumon) [Plant: Briza minor (Small Quake-grass)] Date: 1824-39

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Hymenoptera: Coelioxys vectis (Isle of Wight Coelioxys) [Plant: Spergularia media or S. marina (Sea Spurry Sandwort)] Date: 1824-39

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Hymenoptera: Decatoma cooperi = Sycophila biguttata (Cooperian Decatoma) [Plant: Corylus avellana (Hazel-nut Tree)] Date: 1824-39

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Hymenoptera: Galesus fuscipennis = Psilus fuscipennis (Curtis) [Plant: Pinguicula lusitanica (Pale Butterwort)] Date: 1824-39

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