European Sawflies (Hymenoptera: Symphyta) - a Species Checklist for the Countries
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S. M. BLANK, S. SCHMIDT & A. TAEGER (eds) 2006 Recent Sawfly Research: Synthesis and Prospects Goecke & Evers, Keltern — ISBN 3-937783-19-9 © The authors and editors. European Sawflies (Hymenoptera: Symphyta) - A Species Checklist for the Countries ANDREAS TAEGER, STEPHAN M. BLANK & ANDREW D. LISTON Introduction contains approximately 35.000 records relevant to the countries covered by Fauna Europaea The data presented below were retrieved from project. Each record is based on one or more the complex database that has been used con- sources (usually literature), the code of the tinuously in the DEI since 1992. The idea of publishing these data results from the internet country, the name under which the species was project Fauna Europaea (http://www. fauna- recorded, and information about the quality of eur.org/). Though the senior authors of the the information (primary or secondary infor- present paper also prepared the contribution mation). Not only valid records are included, for sawflies to this project, they were dissatis- but also information on whether a species for- fied from the outset with its basic structure. merly recorded has later been excluded from a The main weakness of the project is that the local fauna. origin of the presented data has not been made Under the constraints of the space available clear to the user. Species are simply listed as for publication, we decided to present here present or absent. No references are attached (usually) only one reference for each record. to the records, making subsequent verification Therefore only about a third of the data contai- of the data nearly impossible. If the origin of ned in the database is used below. The data have the data which led to the status "present" [P] been selected using the following hierarchy of for a species is not known, it becomes at least priorities: difficult to delete a species from the fauna of - material available in the DEI collection and / a country. An objective re-assessment of the or examined by one of the authors status of a species is only possible where the — records included in recent revisions or in ori- relevant references for the record are known. ginal descriptions For example, if the record is based only on one — older (original) records reference, the species must be deleted from the fauna of the country when that record is found - secondary information from catalogues, etc. to be wrong. If its presence is based on several The list of references used for the Fauna Euro- references, one wrong record will not provide paea contribution is far from being perfect, and sufficient reason to delete that species from the the input of data to the database still continues. country's list. The database of the DEI currently We hope that the number of mistakes arising 400 Taeger et al. : European Sawflies - A Species Checklist for the Countries during data capture is small, but such mistakes (and for the internet presentation) we decided will inevitably occur. To further enhance the to apply a conservative concept of genera that transparency and traceability of data sources, closely resembles Benson's system of 1951— names (genus, species, subspecies) cited in the 1958. This system has been widely used and reference have been included, if these differ is still in general use today. The new generic from the names used here. The different use arrangements (proposed mainly by Lacourt) of subgeneric names, alternative or wrong have not yet found general acceptance. Neither spellings for author names and different years system is supported by a phylogenetic analysis. of publication have generally not been men- We consider it as advantageous to retain the tioned. Where the identical genus or species traditional system until phylogenetically well name has been used in the reference, it has been founded, modified classification will be presen- abbreviated in the checklist. Minor differences ted. As far as possible, generic names of more in the spelling of species names like different recent classifications have been added as subge- endings have also been omitted. The use of dif- neric names. This approach may make it easier ferent names usually results from nomenclatu- to locate species names. It is not our intention ral changes, but has also sometimes arisen from to create a new classification. misidentification. There are a number of reasons why we have Structure of the list not listed the first record for each species in each country, not least because this would have led The list is arranged by families. Within the to a massive increase in the already lengthy list family the names of genera, subgenera and of references. Similarly, it was not possible to species appear in alphabetical order. The species trace all the secondary records back to their ori- are numbered, but not in every case sequenti- ginal sources. It is likely that first records, many ally, because some species were deleted or added published more than 150 years ago, are more during the final preparation of the paper. The likely to involve misidentifications than later index comprises the species and genus names literature. Particularly for endangered species or together with the names of all synonyms menti- species with restricted distribution, capture of oned in the list. These are cross-referenced using primary data might be desireable in future. Such the numbers attached to each valid species. work requires extensive international coopera- The countries are in alphabetical order of tion. For such contributions to the present list their abbreviations. The abbreviations are fol- we wish to express our special thanks to Bruno lowed by the number of a reference, and where Peter (Unterägeri, Switzerland) and Thierry necessary by the name under which the species Noblecourt (Antugnac, France) for checking was recorded. Where the reference cited inclu- our data from Switzerland and France. des original (primary) data, this is marked by an Unlike in the Fauna Europaea contribution asterisk (*). In the case of a species having been we have also listed here records that were later deleted from the fauna of a country, the code is found to be wrong. It is important to include scored out (e. g., RUEURRU-EURR) and followed first these records, because the user who encounters by the number of the reference which contains them may otherwise think that these have been its deletion [—] and secondly by the reference in overlooked. Records which have been delibera- which it was recorded [P]. Sometimes additio- tely deleted below are usually followed by two nal explanations are included. references: one containing the record of the species, and the second containing its deletion. Abbreviations Nomenclature Geo-political entities During the last two decades many new generic names have been introduced for Sym- The codes and names of basic geo-politi- phyta. Whereas at family level our knowledge cal entities are used as in the Fauna Europaea has been improved by recent phylogenetic / cla- project. GR and RU-EUR have been included distic studies, few workers have applied these additionally for data, which could not be asso- methods to genera and species. For this paper ciated with one of the Fauna Europaea codes. Recent Sawfly Research: Synthesis and Prospects - Checklists 401 AD Andorra GR-KRI Kriti (Crete) including small adja- AL Albania cent islands like Gávdhos. Note AT Austria that Andikíthira although being BA Bosnia and Herzegovina closer to Kriti than to mainland, BE Belgium belongs to a mainland province BG Bulgaria HR Croatia BY Belarus HU Hungary CH Switzerland IE Ireland not including Northern Ireland (GB-NI) CSHH Czechoslovakia including Czech Republic and Slovakia IS Iceland IT-ITA CY Cyprus Italian mainland IT-SAR CZ Czech Republic Sardinia IT-SI DE Germany Sicily including adjacent Italian islands (Lipari, Ustica, Egadi, Pantelleria, DK-DEN Danish mainland including Bornholm Pelagie) EE Estonia LI Liechtenstein ES-BAL Balearic Islands including Mallorca, LT Lithuania Menorca, and Pityuses (=Ibiza + For- LU Luxembourg mentera) LV Latvia ES-CNY Canary Islands MD Moldova, Republic of ES-SPA Spanish mainland including Alboran MK Macedonia, the former Yugoslav FI Finland Republic of FR-COR Corsica NL The Netherlands FR-FRA French mainland NO-NOR Norwegian mainland GB-GI Gibraltar NO-SVA Svalbard & Jan Mayen including Bear GB-GRB Britain including Shetlands, Orkneys, Island. Hebrides and Man PL Poland GR Greece PT-AZO Azores GR-AEG Vóreion Aiyáion (North Aegean PT-MDR Madeira Islands) including Andípsara, Áyios PT-POR Portuguese mainland Evstrátios, Foúrnoi, Ikaría, Khíos, RO Romania Lésvos, Límnos, Oinoúsa, Psará, Sámos Skópelos Kaloyeroi and other smaller RU-EUR European Russia islands RU-KGD Kaliningrad Region GR-CYC Kikládes (Cyclades) including Amorgós RU-NOZ Novaya Zemlya Anáfi, Ánidros, Ándros, Andíparos, RU-RUC Central European Russia Denoúsa, Folégandros, Íos, Iráklia, RU-RUE East European Russia Káros, Kímolos, Kéa, Kíthnos, Mílos, RU-RUN North European Russia Míkonos, Náxos, Páros, Políaigos, RU-RUS South European Russia Sérifos, Sífnos, Síkinos, Siros, Thira, RU-RUW Northwest European Russia Tínos, Yiarós and other smaller islands SE Sweden including Gotland GR-DOD Dodekánisos (Dodecanese Islands) SI Slovenia including Alimniá, Árkoi, Astipálaia, SK Slovakia Avgonísi, Ankathonísi, Farmakonísi, Ioinianísia, Kálimnos, Kalolímnos, TR-TUE European Turkey including Imroz Kandelioúsa, Kárpathos, Kásos, Khálki, - Gökçeada, but not those in the Sea of Khamilí, Kínaros, Kos, Léros,