To the knowledge of the fauna of sawfies (Hymenoptera: Symphyta) of Tajikistan

Abstract

An annotated list of 26 species of sawfies belonging to four families collected in Tajikistan is presented. Arge scita (Moscáry, 1880), Athalia cornubiae Benson, 1931, Halidamia afnis (Fallén, 1807), Nematus tataricus Zinovjev, 1978, and Tenthredo echo Zhelochovtsev, 1961 are recorded for the fauna of Tajikistan for the frst time. Morphological differences between the superfcially similar species Tenthredo pamyrensis Jakowlew, 1888 and T. variabilis Mocsáry, 1909 are discussed. Diferences between the colour forms of T. grombczewskii (Jakowlew, 1891), T. haberhaueri Kirby, 1881 and T. pamyrensis are considered. For all found species, the features of biotopic confnement and distribution in the studied area are given.

Keywords

• symphyta
• sawfies
• fauna
• new records
• tajikistan