Ábrahám Levente (szerk.): Válogatott tanulmányok 13. - Natura Somogyiensis 28. / Miscellanea 13. (Kaposvár, 2016)

Edmunds, R.: Parna apicalis (Brischke, 1888) and Hinatara recta (G. C. Thomson, 1871) (Symphyta: TEnthredinidae) in Hungary

Edmunds, R: Parna apicalis and Hinatara recta in Hungary

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Fig. 1: Mines of Parna apicalis (Brischke, 1888) left and Parna tenella (Klug, 1816) right

Fig. 2: Larvae of Parna apicalis (Brischke, 1888) left and Parna tenella (Klug, 1816) right

The adults of P apicalis and P tenella may be distinguished as follows:

1. Rear legs wit h coxa, trochanters and base of femora black. Tegulae yellowish. Body

length: 3.5-4.0 mm. Male unknown: probably does not occur in nature..........P. apicalis- Rear legs with at most coxa black marked. Trochanters and femora entirely yellow. Tegulae dark brown or fuscous. Body length: 4.0-5.0 mm. Male frequent.......P. tenella

This record of P. apicalis is the first for Hungary and also the Carpathian Basin. It is present in Northern Europe up to Estonia and Finland.

It may be that it is an overlooked species as we found in the UK. Once identified it was discovered to occur widely (Edmunds 2009).

Hinatara recta (G. C. Thomson, 1871)

We spent the afternoon in Buda and walked back to our hotel in Pest, climbing up to the Szent Gellért Monument (bishop St. Gerard) from Hegyalja utca. Whilst climbing the stairs to this monument I noticed the distinctive leaf mine of Hinatara recta on Acer platanoides.

H. recta forms leaf mines on the tips of the young tender, freshly emerged leaves of Acer platanoides - usually on saplings and close to the ground. The initial mine is transparent but rapidly turns brown and the leaf tip shrivels. The frass is typically scattered throughout the mine. Mines are formed from late April through to June (Fig. 3 and 4).