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The West Palaearctic Dineura species, focussing on Sweden
(Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae)
ANDREW LISTON1,4, MARKO PROUS1,2 & HEGE VÅRDAL3
1
Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, Eberswalder Straße 90, 15374 Müncheberg, Germany.
E-mail: aliston@senckenberg.de
2
Department of Zoology, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Vanemuise 46, 51014 Tartu, Estonia.
E-mail: mprous@senckenberg.de
3
Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, SE-10405 Stockholm, Sweden. E-mail: Hege.Vardal@nrm.se
4
Corresponding author
Abstract
Four Dineura species are now considered to occur in the West Palaearctic, including northern Europe, but D. parcivalvis
has not been found in Scandinavia. Dineura pullior Schmidt & Walter, 1995 is treated as a new junior subjective synonym
of D. virididorsata (Retzius, 1783). An illustrated key to adults is presented. Lectotypes are designated for seven nominal
taxa: Dineura stilata var. virilis Enslin, 1918, Dineura testaceipes var. nigriventris Enslin, 1915, Dineura virididorsata
var. dorsalis Enslin, 1915, Nematus posticus Förster, 1854, Nematus xanthocerus Hartig, 1840, Nematus xanthopus
Zaddach, 1876, and Tenthredo (Allantus) stilata Klug, 1816. Distributions in the Fennoscandian countries are outlined,
with particular reference to Sweden.
Key words: Symphyta, Nematinae, sawflies, key, taxonomy, distribution
Introduction
The sawfly genus Dineura Dahlbom, 1835 has recently been considered to contain ten described extant species,
eight of which have been found in the Palaearctic Realm (Taeger et al. 2010, Hara & Shinohara 2018), with D.
militaris (Cresson, 1880) as the single Nearctic representative (Prous et al. 2014), and D. sharkeyi Smith, 2011 only
known in Thailand (Smith 2011). Five species have recently been treated as occurring in Europe (Taeger et al. 2006)
and the West Palaearctic (Lacourt 1999). Adults can be recognised as belonging to the genus using the key to Nematinae genera by Prous et al. (2014). Our main objective here is to present an illustrated key to the West Palaearctic
species, and outline their distribution in Fennoscandia, with particular reference to Sweden.
Material and methods
The names of collections referred to in the text are abbreviated as follows:
BMNH
FMNH
MSNG
MZLU
NHRS
SDEI
ZMHUB
ZSM
The Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom
Finnish Museum of Natural History, Helsinki, Finland
Museo Civico di Storia Naturale “Giacomo Doria”, Genova, Italy
Lunds universitet, Entomology Collection, Lund, Sweden
Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden
Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, Müncheberg, Germany
Naturkundemuseum, Berlin, Germany
Zoologische Staatssammlung, Munich, Germany
Accepted by A. Taeger: 25 Apr. 2019; published: 31 May 2019
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Registration numbers of specimens allocated by the SDEI (five digits, omitting the prefix „DEI-GISHym“) are
cited in the figure captions, thus enabling the corresponding collection data to be located in the text. Morphological
terminology follows Viitasaari (2002), except for the use of sawtooth instead of serrula (see Malagón-Aldana et al.
2017).
Genitalia were macerated in 10–15% KOH at room-temperature for four to five hours before being mounted
temporarily in glycerine on glass slides for photography. Alternatively, they were cleared in proteinase during DNA
extraction. After photography, the dissected parts were gummed with Berlese fluid to a card fixed to the specimen’s
pin.
To estimate phylogenetic relationships between Dineura species, we used sequences of four gene fragments,
one mitochondrial (COI) and three nuclear (NaK, POL2, TPI), which were sequenced as described by Prous et al.
(submitted). For mitochondrial COI barcode data, minimal p-distances (proportion of differences) between and
maximal distances within BIN (Barcode Index Number) clusters were taken from BOLD (http://www.boldsystems.
org/) BIN database. Some of the COI barcode sequences used here were obtained from BOLD (http://www.boldsystems.org/). In this case, DNA extraction, PCR amplification, and sequencing were conducted at the Canadian Centre
for DNA Barcoding (CCDB) in Guelph, Canada, using standardised high-throughput protocols (Ivanova et al. 2006,
deWaard et al. 2008), available online under www.ccdb.ca/resources.php. DNA aliquots of SDEI vouchers are deposited in the DNA storage facility of the SDEI (including those that were originally extracted at the CCDB).
Results
Character assessment
Genetic data. During the past few years, genetic data (mainly COI barcodes) for all the European Dineura species
have become available (Fig. 1). In BOLD Systems, specimens of stilata are distributed between two BINs (Barcode
Index Number Uniform Resource Identifier, in BOLD Systems: boldsystems.org), one of which is shared with
testaceipes. Dineura virididorsata and pullior specimens share a single BIN (see Schmidt et al. 2017). Apparently
only the barcode of parcivalvis is sufficiently distinctive to permit unequivocal determination using this method.
Because nuclear data gives similar results to COI barcodes we combined all genes in a single dataset by including
the specimens for which at least COI and one nuclear gene (TPI) were available (Fig. 1). Dineura virididorsata and
its form previously known as pullior (males identified based on head colouration) are genetically very close and
cannot be separated from each other, but are rather distant from other Dineura species (Fig. 1). Genetic distance
between virididorsata and pullior (based on one mitochondrial and two nuclear genes, 0.2–0.3%) is well within the
range of intraspecific variation, judging from the number of heterozygous sites (see Fig. 1) observed for females
in nuclear genes of other Dineura species (0.0–0.5%). Dineura parcivalvis separates well from other species also
based on nuclear genes (Fig. 1). Although the sampling is limited, stilata and testaceipes seem to separate from each
other (1.2% based on combined COI and TPI) (Fig. 1). There seem to be two additional species (Fig. 1) in the East
Palaearctic (specimens sampled in Primorsky Krai, Russia) that are morphologically most similar to parcivalvis.
Judging from the original description, one of the two could be D. blanki Wei, 2002 described from China (Henan),
although the clypeus of the Russian specimens seems to be more deeply emarginated (1/2 or more of its length)
compared to blanki (1/3 of its length). Because the two possible species from Primorsky Krai (Fig. 1) are morphologically highly similar, it is difficult to decide without additional studies which of them could be D. blanki.
Genitalia. Lindqvist (1955) pointed out that Dineura testaceipes and parcivalvis have differently shaped penis
valves, and Schmidt & Walter (1995) included male and female genitalia characters in their comparison of pullior
with virididorsata. Otherwise, little use has been made of genitalia characters in previous treatments of Dineura.
Schmidt & Walter (1995) discussed the problem of the altered appearance of lancets of pullior and virididorsata,
particularly the sawteeth, caused by wear. However, we strongly suspect that the wide range of shapes of the sawteeth observed by us in virididorsata is underlain by natural variability existing even before the sawteeth become
abraded. Schmidt & Walter concluded that other lancet characters, such as setation of the lamnium and morphology
of the radix, are nevertheless still of use for identification of pullior and virididorsata. Finally, our studies led us to a
different conclusion. Because of problems defining species limits using external characters (e.g. colour, see below),
and probable overlap in the range of variability of similar species, we strongly recommend examination of genitalia
during identification of males.
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Colour. Because very few other reliable external characters for distinguishing Dineura adults have been found,
much importance has been attached to differences in colour pattern. The colour of the head capsule, used in several
previous keys, is a very obvious and apparently reliable character for separating virididorsata from the other three
West Palaearctic species. Although Enslin (1915) wrote that stilata rarely has small yellow flecks on the orbits, we
have not seen such specimens, even among those with extremely pale body coloration. Two males with pale-marked
orbits standing under the names stilata and testaceipes in the SDEI collection proved to be misidentified Euura
specimens. Differences in body colour pattern have also previously been the main method of separating stilata from
testaceipes. Although there is a clear trend in these species towards darker abdominal terga in testaceipes, specimens might be found which fall in an overlapping range of variability. While colour characters provide an initial
indication of the probable identity of a specimen, it is frequently impossible to achieve a reliable identification using
colour alone.
FIGURE 1 Maximum likelihood tree of Dineura based on four genes (COI, NaK, POL2, TPI). Included in the analyses were
specimens sequenced at least for COI and one nuclear gene (TPI). Best-fit model chosen according to Bayesian information
criterion was TIM2+R2. Numbers above branches show SH-aLRT support (%) / ultrafast bootstrap support (%) values. Support
values for weakly supported branches (<90) are not shown. Numbers at the end of the tip labels refer to the length of the sequence and the number of ambiguous positions (e.g. heterozygosities). Dineura militaris was used to root the tree. Specimen
DEI-GISHym19664 was previously determined as D. pullior. The scale bar shows the number of estimated substitutions per
nucleotide position.
Venation. In all European Dineura species, forewing vein 2r-rs may be fully developed, incompletely developed, or completely absent. Lindqvist (1955, 1972) thought that 2r-rs is always absent in parcivalvis, but the character state is also variable in this species, e.g. absent in the lectotype, and present in the two females from Brandenburg. Unlike the variable presence / absence of forewing vein 2r-m in gall-making Euura species, where the vein
is frequently absent in one wing but present in the other of the same individual (Liston et al. 2017), the degree of
development of 2r-rs in Dineura is symmetrical.
Larvae. [slightly modified from Lorenz & Kraus (1957) and Macek 2015] General appearance (Fig. 2). Head
spherical, densely covered with erect long setae; vertex (including parietal areas and occiput between lateral sutures)
with network of granular texture; diameter of ocularium shorter than malar space; antennae flat, not conspicuous;
clypeus with four setae; labrum symmetrical, slightly emarginate anteriorly, with four setae; mandibles with one
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seta on the outside edge; maxillae with one seta on stipes, palpifer with two to three setae. Abdomen from thorax
tapering posteriorly with flattened ventral side; thorax widened and convex with enlarged lateral lobes of meso- and
metathorax; abdomen with prominent subspiracular and surpedal lobes; cuticle with fine granular texture; abdominal segment 3 with six annulets [not five as stated by Lorenz & Kraus (1957) in the text, although figured correctly],
with setae on annulets 1, 2 and 4, mostly on more or less prominent warts; anal segment with long setae, inner side
of prolegs with two to three short setae.
The larvae of stilata, testaceipes and virididorsata were described by Macek (2015), and according to him are
clearly distinguished from each other by the shape and distribution of setae on the abdomen. The larva of parcivalvis
has not been described. In general appearance, and because of its short setae and inconspicuous glandubae, the larva
of virididorsata strongly resembles that of Nematinus acuminatus (Thomson, 1871), which also feeds on Betula, but
abdominal segment 3 of the latter has only five annulets, of which 1, 2, 3 and 4 bear setae.
Life history: general
Oviposition is usually in the leaf-petiole, sometimes in the base of a main vein in the leaf blade, at least in virididorsata (Walter et al. 1994). The larvae skeletonise the upper surfaces of leaves, but usually rest in a stretched attitude
on the undersides of the leaves (Macek 2015). They develop very slowly, so that the feeding period can last for
more than three months (Pschorn-Walcher & Altenhofer 2000). Eonymphs burrow into the upper soil layers, rotten
wood, or even fungi and birds’ nests, where they spin a firm cocoon in which the praepupa hibernates (Macek 2015;
unpublished observations by AL). All species are univoltine, with emergence in the year following larval development (Pschorn-Walcher & Altenhofer 2000).
Key to West Palaearctic Dineura species (imagines)
Notes: The distinction of stilata and testaceipes using the colour characters presented here should be unproblematic
for specimens from more northern parts of Europe, including Fennoscandia, where no overlap in colour pattern of
these taxa has been observed. In more southerly regions of Europe, some specimens of testaceipes are extremely
pale, and probably not always distinguishable from stilata (compare, for example, figs 1 and 2 in Macek 2015).
1
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b
c
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2(1) a
aa
3(2) a
Head with at least orbits and temples extensively pale (Figs 3–6)
Mesepisternum mainly pale; at most narrowly blackish on dorsal and ventral margins (Fig. 11)
Antenna entirely pale (Figs 8–11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dineura virididorsata (Retzius, 1783)
Upper head completely black (Fig. 7); pale are at most mouthparts and supraclypeal area
At least lower half of mesepisternum usually black (Figs 13, 18–19)
Antenna usually black-marked, at least on scape (Figs 7, 12–18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
♀♀ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
♂♂ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Dorsum of abdomen predominantly pale (only tergum 1, 2 and sometimes partly 3 dark) (Fig. 12); venter always pale (Fig.
13)
b Only applicable to Fennoscandian specimens: upper mesepisternum pale (Fig. 13) . . . . . . . . Dineura stilata (Klug, 1816) ♀
- aa Dorsum of abdomen usually predominantly black (or at least some terga other than 1 and 2 medially dark) (Figs 15–16);
venter pale or dark
bb Only applicable to Fennoscandian specimens: whole mesepisternum dark (as Fig. 18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4(3) a Antennomeres 8 and 9 in narrowest view at most 4.5 × as long as greatest width (Fig. 19) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dineura testaceipes (Klug, 1816) ♀
aa Antennomeres 8 and 9 in narrowest view at least 5.0 × as long as greatest width (Fig. 20) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dineura parcivalvis (Konow, 1901) ♀
5(2) a At least middle abdominal terga extensively pale (Fig.14); abdominal sterna always pale . . . Dineura stilata (Klug, 1816) ♂
aa All abdominal terga mainly dark (Fig. 18); abdominal sterna pale or dark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
6(5) a Penis valve paravalva distally with ventral valvispina longer and basally narrower than dorsal valvispina (Figs 32–33)
b Antennomere 8 less than 4 × as long as broad (Fig. 21) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dineura testaceipes (Klug, 1816) ♂
- aa Penis valve paravalva distally with ventral and dorsal valvispina nearly equal in length and basal width (Figs 34–35)
bb Antennomere 8 more than 4 × as long as broad (Fig. 22) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dineura parcivalvis (Konow, 1901) ♂
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Species treatments
Dineura parcivalvis (Konow, 1901)
Pontania parcivalvis Konow, 1901a: 83 [key], subsequent description Konow 1901b: 128. Syntypes ♀, lectotype ♀ (DEIGISHym31791, images: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.7851215), designated by Lindqvist (1955) by inference of
“holotype”, examined, in SDEI. Type locality: Livonia, Dorpat [= Estonia, Tartu].
Dineura parcivalvis: Conde (1938); new combination, treated as synonym of Dineura stilata var. testaceipes.
Taxonomy. Treated here as separate from testaceipes because of its different genetics (Fig. 1), larval host, and penis
valve morphology.
Additional description. Body length: ♀ 4.5–6.0mm, ♂ 4.5–5.0mm. Female (Fig. 17): Head black, except for
brown labrum, and sometimes anterior of clypeus and underside of antennal flagellum. Thorax black, except for
pale tegula, more or less pronotum, and legs. Sterna of abdomen and downturned lateral parts of terga from largely
pale to nearly completely black; dorsum of abdomen black. Pterostigma uniformly brown. The five examined European female parcivalvis are very similar in colour at least to two specimens examined from Primorsky Krai, with
the pronotum and venter of the abdomen extensively pale. However, we cannot exclude the possibility that there
are darker specimens with darker venter and pronotum, which could be confused with possible additional species
in East Palaearctic (Fig. 1). Lancet: Fig. 27. Male (Fig. 18): Coloration and variability similar to female: the single
examined European male very pale. Penis valve: ventral spine about as long as dorsal one; ventral spine rather
abruptly tapering after medial constriction, and distal portion about as long as basal portion (Figs 34–35).
Total number of specimens examined: 1♂, 7♀.
Similar species. Morphology and coloration very similar to Dineura testaceipes. Liston (2015) presented some
characters, several of which had already been proposed by Lindqvist (1955), that were thought to be suitable for
separating the females of parcivalvis and testaceipes. After checking a larger number of specimens of both species
(identified primarily by barcoding, or because they were reared from Sorbus), all these characters were found to be
so variable in both species, except apparently for the proportions of the distal antennomeres, that they can no longer
be recommended for determination. The males are distinguishable by differences in their penis valves (see key), but
the female lancets are very similar, particularly the lamnium. Perhaps the shape of the tangium may be diagnostic,
but this needs to be checked for a larger number of specimens: in parcivalvis tangium roughly triangular and higher
in proportion to length (Fig. 27) than the proportionately lower and more rhomboid tangium of testaceipes (Fig.
26).
Life history. Host plant: Prunus padus (Kontuniemi 1960).
Distribution. Estonia (Taeger et al. 2006; the record from Latvia is probably in error for Estonia, according to
Viitasaari et al. 1998), Finland, Belarus (Pankevich 1973), ?Czech Republic (Lindqvist 1955), Germany, and Russian Far East (Liston 2015). Occurrence in Sweden: published records: none. Material examined: none.
Specimens examined. Finland: 1♂, Helsinki, leg. O. Winter (http://id.luomus.fi/GL.2412) (FMNH). Germany:
2♀, Brandenburg, Waldsieversdorf , 19.05.2006 (DEI-GISHym11575), 25.05.2006 (DEI-GISHym11574), leg. Liston (SDEI). Russian Far East: 2♀ (including DEI-GISHym88715).
Dineura stilata (Klug, 1816)
Tenthredo (Allantus) stilata Klug, 1816: 82–83. Syntypes ♀, “in hiesiger Gegend” [= Berlin area]; lectotype ♀ here designated,
in ZMHUB (GBIF-GISHym2756, images: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.7851272).
Type locality: Berlin (Germany). Paralectotypes: 2 ♀ (GBIF-GISHym2757 and 2758), same data as the lectotype, in ZMHUB.
Nematus apicalis Stephens, 1835: 32. Syntypes, sex not stated, Coomb Wood near London, possibly in BMNH, not examined.
Synonymy with stilata by Cameron (1885).
Selandria scapularis Stephens, 1835: 46. Syntypes, sex not stated, near London, possibly in BMNH, not examined. Synonymy
with stilata by Konow (1905).
Nematus xanthocerus Hartig, 1840: 23. Syntypes, sex not stated, “Nordeutschland” [according to introductory text]; lectotype
♀ here designated, in ZSM (GBIF-GISHym3099, images: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.7851299). Type locality:
northern Germany. Paralectotypes: 1♀ (GBIF-GISHym3098), 1♂ (GBIF-GISHym3100), same data as the lectotype, in
ZSM. Synonymy with stilata by Dalla Torre (1894).
Nematus posticus Förster, 1854: 349–350. Syntypes ♂, near Aachen; lectotype ♂ here designated, in ZSM (GBIF-GISHym3091,
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images: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.7851314). Type locality: Aachen. Paralectotypes: 5♂ (GBIF-GISHym3092 to
3096), same data as the lectotype, but undated, in ZSM. Synonymy with Nematus xanthocerus by Wüstnei (1885).
Nematus xanthopus Zaddach, 1876: Plate III, Fig. 5. Syntypes larvae [subsequent description of adult by Brischke (1883):
167–168]; Danzig, Schottland, Elberfeld, München, Hamburg, Halle, Kopenhagen, Harz; lectotype ♀ here designated, in
ZMHUB (GBIF-GISHym2760, images: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.7851338). Type locality : Copenhagen. Synonymy with Nematus xanthocerus by Wüstnei (1885).
Dineura melanoxantha Zaddach, in Brischke, 1883: 232–233. Syntypes ♀♂, Rostock, material lost. Listed in synonymy with
stilata by Blank & Taeger (1998).
Dineura sulcifrons Konow, 1885: 296–297. Syntypes ♀♂, “Corvin an der Persante” [now in Poland: West Pommerania, Powiats
Białogardzki and Świdwiński], type material lost. Synonymy with stilata by Konow (1905).
Dineura sulcata: Konow (1890), misspelling of sulcifrons.
Dineura nigro-flava Magretti, 1886: 24–25. Holotype ♂ (SDEI-GISHym956, images: https://doi.org/10.6084/
m9.figshare.7856762), Senago (Italy), in MSNG. Synonymy with stilata by Konow (1905).
Dineura stilata var. virilis Enslin, 1918: 732. Syntypes ♀, type locality not stated; lectotype ♀ here designated, in ZSM (GBIFGISHym3097, images: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.7851413). Type locality: Denmark.
Nematus v-flavum Cameron, 1882: 537. Syntypes ♀, type locality not stated, possibly in BMNH, not examined. Tentative synonymy with stilata by Morice (1906).
Taxonomy. Enslin (1915) treated stilata and testaceipes as separate species, which he distinguished using colour
characters. The range of variability which he described for each taxon fits quite closely with our observations. Since
then there has been some controversy about the status of stilata and testaceipes. Conde (1938) may have been the
first specialist to treat them as conspecific, but he did not explain why he did so. Lindqvist (1955) examined the
genitalia of specimens which he held to represent stilata and testaceipes, and found no significant differences. He
concluded from this observation, and because he thought that the larvae are “sehr gleichartig” [very similar], that
“testaceipes kaum für eine eigene, jedenfalls keine gute Art, sondern nur für eine Farbenform von stilata gehalten
werden kann” [testaceipes can hardly be held to be a distinct, and in any case not for a good species, but only as a
colour form of stilata]. However, it later transpired that what he identified as stilata were pale individuals of testaceipes: Dineura stilata is not at present known in Finland. Benson (1958) treated them as separate species, separated
only by the colour pattern of the abdomen. Pschorn-Walcher & Altenhofer (2006) discussed the taxonomic problem
in the light of observations on larvae: [translated from German] “Dineura testaceipes (Klug) [.] Larvae collected
end IX/03 from rowan (Sorbus aucuparia) near Schrems in the Waldviertel. Imagines emerged in the following year
from end V to start VI. The species is said (as for D. stilata (Klug)) to occur also on hawthorn (Crataegus) (Taeger
et al. 1998). The separation of the two species using variable colour characters seems unreliable, particularly as
the saws and male genitalia can hardly be distinguished (Lindqvist 1955). Foodplant-choice tests with D. stilata
(Martens 1989) indicate rather the existence of hostplant races (D. testaceipes on Sorbus, D. stilata on Crataegus)
or the effects of conditioning (preference for the host plant on which the larvae developed). Further rearing would
be desirable”. The study by Macek (2015) presents a rather different conclusion: stilata and testaceipes are separate
species, clearly distinguished by larval morphology, with testaceipes using both Sorbus and Crataegus as hosts, but
stilata only on Crataegus. Here, we follow Macek’s (2015) opinion, which is supported by small but constant differences between the penis valves of stilata and testaceipes. Nevertheless, the taxonomy of these taxa would benefit
from further study, preferably including additional sequence data for nuclear genes.
Additional description. Body length:♀ 5.0–6.3mm, ♂ 4.9–5.7. Head black, labrum and clypeus more or less
pale. Scape and pedicel black (Fig. 7); flagellum dorsally dark and ventrally pale, or completely pale in some males.
Pterostigma pale, with margins more or less darkened. Female (Figs 12–13): meso- and metanotum completely
black, or mesoscutal lobes more or less pale-bordered. Upper mesepisternum extensively pale. Abdomen completely pale, apart from mostly black tergum 1, and sometimes smaller black markings on terga 2–3. Male (Fig.
14): meso- and metanotum completely black. Mesepisternum usually completely black, rarely pale above. At least
abdominal tergum 1 largely black, often with some black markings medially on following terga, but one or more
middle terga always completely pale. Penis valve: ventral spine slightly longer than dorsal one; dorsal spine basally
wide relative to length (Figs 30–31). The penis valve is thus more similar to that of parcivalvis (Figs 34–35) than
testaceipes (Figs 32–33).
Total number of specimens examined: 35.
Similar species. Only very pale specimens of testaceipes (Fig. 15), found in warmer parts of central and southern Europe, but not in Fennoscandia, are likely to be confused with stilata (Fig. 12). However, the palest female
testaceipes specimens have parts of the mesoscutum pale-marked, whereas the mesoscutum of stilata is always
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completely black. Perhaps the shape of the tangium may be diagnostic, but this needs to be checked for a larger
number of specimens: in stilata tangium roughly triangular and higher in proportion to length (Fig. 25) than the
proportionately lower and more rhomboid tangium of testaceipes (Fig. 26).
Life history. Host plants: only Crataegus species have been reliably recorded as larval hosts. Brischke (1883:
168) mentions C. laevigata (=oxyacantha auct.). Cameron (1875) mentioned larvae identified as stilata from Sorbus
torminalis, but the record might refer to testaceipes.
FIGURES 2–7. Dineura species. 2 testaceipes larva on Sorbus intermedia (80496). 3 virididorsata ♀, head, dorsal (31795). 4
virididorsata ♀, head, frontal (15244). 5 virididorsata ♂, head, dorsal (19664; formerly det. pullior). 6 virididorsata ♀, head,
frontal (31792; formerly det. pullior). 7 stilata, head, frontal (31797).
Distribution. Widely distributed through most of Europe, including the British Isles, but not recorded in the
Iberian Peninsula (Taeger et al. 2006). Not definitely known from outside Europe: according to Zhelochovtsev &
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Zinovjev (1995), mentions of stilata from Siberia may refer to parcivalvis. However, stilata identified by Verzhutskii (1981) in Siberia is apparently testaceipes (see below). Occurrence in Sweden: published records; southern
Sweden (Thomson 1871, as Nematus stilatus: the description clearly characterises the adults of stilata, but the host
is wrongly given as “Rönn” [rowan, Sorbus aucuparia]), Skåne (Kullaberg) (Andersson 1962, Benander 1966).
Material examined: Öland.
Specimens examined. Austria: 1♀ (DEI-GISHym31797), Upper Austria, Annaberg, reared from Crataegus,
01–30.09.1987, leg. E. Altenhofer (SDEI). 1♀ (BC ZSM HYM04507), Lower Austria, Zwettl, 25.08.1998, leg. M.
Kraus (ZSM).
Germany: 12♀, 13♂, SDEI, ZMHUB, ZSM, including: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, 1♀ (DEI-GISHym11350),
Dambeck, 20.05.2011, leg. H.-J. Jacobs (SDEI)
FIGURES 8–13. Dineura species. 8 virididorsata ♀, dorsal (31794). 9 virididorsata ♀, dorsal (31798). 10 virididorsata ♀,
dorsal (19239; formerly det. pullior). 11 virididorsata ♂, lateral (19664; formerly det. pullior). 12–13 stilata ♀, dorsal, lateral
(31797). Scale bars 2 mm.
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Sweden: Öland: 1♂ (NHRS-HEVA000003428) [no further data], leg. Boheman (NHRS). 2♂ (DEI-GISHym31796), Station Linné 1km E, 40 m, 56.62°N 16.51°E, 29.05.2013, Liston, Prous & Taeger (SDEI). 1♂, same
data as previous, but 30.05.2013. 1♂, same data as previous, but leg. Liston, 17.06.2016. 1♂, Mörbylånga kommun,
Gamla Skogsby (Kalkstad), “diversitetsängen”, 56.62°N 16.51°E, 20.05.–28.06.2006, leg. SMTP (NHRS).1♂,
same data as previous, but 01–16.06.2005.
Dineura testaceipes (Klug, 1816)
Tenthredo (Allantus) testaceipes Klug, 1816: 84. Holotype ♀ (GBIF-GISHym2761, images: https://doi.org/10.6084/
m9.figshare.7851425), die Gegend um Wien [Austria, environs of Vienna], in ZMHUB, examined.
Dineura ventralis Zaddach, 1859: 10. Syntypes ♀♂, bei Danzig [Poland, near Gdansk], material lost. Mentioned as synonym
of testaceipes by Dalla Torre (1894).
Pontania ancilla Konow, 1901a: 82, 89–90. Syntypes ♀, Germania (in montibus Erzgebirge); lectotype ♀ designated by Muche
(1970), in SDEI (GBIF-GISHym4138, images: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.7851440). Type locality: Germany, Ore
Mts.
Dineura testaceipes var. nigriventris Enslin, 1915: 321. Syntypes, sex not stated, type locality not stated; lectotype ♀ here
designated, in ZSM (GBIF-GISHym3090, images: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.7851443). Type locality : Germany,
Lower Saxony, Liebenburg.
Additional description. Body length: ♀ 5.0–6.5mm, ♂ 4.2–5.5. Pterostigma uniformly pale, or darkened on margins, or near unicolorous brown; sometimes with base paler than rest. Female (Figs 15–16): Head black, except
for pale labrum, sometimes whole clypeus, and more or less supraclypeal area; antenna from completely black to
completely pale. Thorax black: darkest specimens with only tegula and upper posterior corner of pronotum pale;
palest specimens with tegula, whole pronotum, broad margins of mesoscutal lobes, anterior of mesoscutellum, and
mesepisternum except for ventral quarter pale. Abdomen from nearly completely black, except for pale hypopygium, valvifer 2, and cerci, to extensively pale on all sterna and downturned lateral parts of terga, with terga 8–10
completely pale; dorsum of terga 1–7 always mainly black. Lancet: Fig. 26. Male: range of variability similar to
female. Penis valve: ventral spine much longer than dorsal one; ventral spine gradually tapering after medial constriction, and distal portion much longer than basal portion (Figs 32–33).
Total number of specimens examined: 35.
Similar species. Dineura testaceipes is very similar in coloration to parcivalvis, including the range of variability. Females of these species can be distinguished by the proportions of the apical flagellomeres (Figs 19–20),
whereas the difference between males is perhaps too slight to be of practical use (Figs 21–22). Possibly the shape
of the tangium may be diagnostic, but this needs to be checked for a larger number of specimens: in parcivalvis
tangium roughly triangular and higher in proportion to length (Fig. 27) than the proportionately lower and more
rhomboid tangium of testaceipes (Fig. 26). Males can be distinguished by their penis valves (see key). Only very
pale specimens of testaceipes, found in warmer parts of central and southern Europe but not Fennoscandia, are
likely to be confused with stilata: see under that species.
Life history. Host plants: Sorbus aucuparia is the main host, recorded independently by many authors (e.g.
Kangas 1985, Macek 2015), but in Europe also fed upon are Sorbus aria (Liston et al. 2012; reared by E. Altenhofer,
unpublished), S. intermedia (Fig. 2: see below, under Uppland, Arlanda Airport), Crataegus spp. (Macek 2015), and
Cotoneaster sp. (Benander 1966; and recorded in Siberia from C. melanocarpa [sic! recte melanocarpus G. Lodd.]
by Vershutskii (1981), as stilata). Verzhutskii (1981) described rearing larvae with conspicuous, apically bifid setae found in East Siberia on Crataegus sp. and Cotoneaster melanocarpus. According to current knowledge (see
particularly Macek 2015), these do not belong to stilata (larvae with shorter, non-bifid setae) or parcivalvis (larva
unknown, but only host supposed to be Prunus padus), but were probably testaceipes. Perhaps the record published
by Cameron (1875) of larvae identified as stilata on Sorbus torminalis also refers to testaceipes.
Distribution. Northern and central Europe, including Britain and Ireland (Taeger et al. 2006), and Transpalaearctic to the southern Russian Far East (Zhelochovtsev & Zinovjev 1995). Occurrence in Sweden: published
records; Skåne (Lindholmen and Ringsjön) (Thomson 1871, as Nematus testaceipes), Skåne (Kullaberg) (Benander
1966). Material examined: Skåne, Öland, Östergötland, Västmanland, Dalarna, Lycksele Lappmark.
Specimens examined. Austria: 1♂ (DEI-GISHym31800), Zwettl, Annatsberg, 1–30.09.1988, reared Sorbus
aucuparia, leg. E. Altenhofer(SDEI). 1♀, 1♂ (DEI-GISHym19240, 19241), Lower Austria, Kirchberg am Walde,
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reared Sorbus aucuparia, em. 29.05.2004, leg. E. Altenhofer (SDEI). 1♂, Lower Austria, Araburg, coll. 3.10.1987
as larva Sorbus aria, leg. E. Altenhofer (SDEI).
Estonia: 1♂ (DEI-GISHym31233), Jõgevamaa, Mustvee 1.8 km S, 40 m., 58.83°N 26.94°E, 04.06.2015, leg.
Liston, Prous & Taeger (SDEI). 1♀, Läänemaa, Karuse 1 km S, 25 m, 58.61°N 23.70°E, 06.06.2015 (SDEI).
Finland: 3♀ (SDEI), including 1♀ (DEI-GISHym19623), Hämeenlinna, Mootrata, suolenkki, 30.05.2009, leg.
I. Kakko (SDEI).
Germany: 6♀, 3♂ (SDEI, ZSM).
Scotland: 1♀ (SDEI).
Sweden: Skane: 1♀, Ellestadssjön, 16.06.1969, leg. H. Andersson (MZLU). Öland: 1♀ (NHRSHEVA000003429), Färjestaden, 56.65°N 16.45°E, 1.7.1928, leg. Wieslander (NHRS). 1♀, Station Linné 1km E, 40
m, 56.62°N 16.51°E, 29.05.2013, Liston, Prous & Taeger (SDEI). 1♀, Byxelkrok 2km SE, 17.06.2016, leg. Liston
(SDEI). Östergötland: 2♀ 4♂ (NHRS-HEVA000005867 to 5872) [no further data], leg. Haglund (NHRS). Uppland:
1 larva (DEI-GISHym80496), Arlanda Airport, near Terminal 5, Sorbus intermedia, 08.08.2017, leg. Liston & Prous
(SDEI). Västmanland: 1♀ (DEI-GISHym20597), Lindesberg 11km NW, 90 m, 59.67°N 15.14°E, 01.06.2013, Liston, Prous & Taeger (SDEI). Dalarna: 1♂ (NHRS-HEVA000005873), Särna, 61.68°N 13.13°E, 07.1907 (NHRS).
Lycksele Lappmark: 1♂ (NHRS-HEVA000005875), Sorsele, 65.53°N 17.50°E, 14.07.1928, leg. Gaunitz (NHRS).
Lapponia borealis: 1♀ (NHRS-HEVA000005874) (NHRS).
Dineura virididorsata (Retzius, 1783)
Tenthredo viridi-dorsata Retzius, 1783: 73, by indication on Degeer (1771: p. 1002–1004 & plate 38 figs 8–10). Syntypes,
larvae and adults (sex not stated), type locality presumably near Degeer’s residence in Lövstabruk (Sweden, Uppland
Province). Type material lost.
Tenthredo nigricans Christ, 1791: 446–447, by indication on Degeer (1771: p. 1002–1004 & plate 38 figs 8–10). Syntypes,
larvae and adults (sex not stated), type locality presumably near Degeer’s residence in Lövstabruk (Sweden, Uppland
Province). Type material lost.
Tenthredo (Allantus) geeri Klug, 1817: 213–214, by indication on Degeer (1771: p. 1002–1004 & plate 38 figs 8–10). Syntypes,
larvae and adults (sex not stated), type locality presumably near Degeer’s residence in Lövstabruk (Sweden, Uppland Province).Type material lost.
Nematus degeeri: Thomson (1871), misspelling of geeri Klug.
Nematus varius Serville, 1823: 71–72. Syntypes ♂, Paris, types lost (Lacourt 2000). Types are the same specimens as for N.
varius Lepeletier.
Nematus varius Lepeletier, 1823: 69. Syntypes ♂, Paris, types lost (Lacourt 2000). Listed as synonym of virididorsata by Dalla
Torre (1894). Types are the same specimens as for N. varius Serville.
Nematus hartigii Gimmerthal, 1844: 37–38. Holotype ♀, in der Nähe von Riga [Latvia, near Riga], specimen probably lost.
Listed as synonym of virididorsata by Dalla Torre (1894).
Dineura virididorsata var. dorsalis Enslin, 1915: 319. Syntypes ♀♂, type locality not stated; lectotype ♀ here designated, in
ZSM (GBIF-GISHym3089, images: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.7851458). Type locality: Finland, Karislojo. Paralectotype: 1♂ (GBIF-GISHym3088), in ZSM.
Dineura pullior Schmidt & Walter, 1995: 387–392. Holotype ♀ (GBIF-GISHym3697, images: https://doi.org/10.6084/
m9.figshare.7856741), in ZSM. Type locality: Finland, Kevo, Utsjoki. New synonym.
Taxonomy. According to Schmidt & Walter (1995), Dineura pullior occurs in Europe only north of 68°N, together
with virididorsata, although pullior is by far the more common. We found that none of the morphological characters
which was stated by Schmidt & Walter (1995) to distinguish pullior from virididorsata is stable. Although there is
clearly a tendency towards a darker colour pattern and smaller body size in high northern areas (the form named pullior), the differences described in the lancets of the two nominal species (Figs 23–24) are not completely correlated
with colour pattern, and individuals with intermediate types of lancet setation and tangium shape were found (additional images: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.7873466). Perhaps the extreme variability in the size and number
of setae is correlated with body size: smaller females having fewer setae. The shape of the tangium is also apparently
variable, but can be difficult to interpret because of distortion during preparation. Schmidt & Walter (1995) stated
“In the male of D. pullior the dorsal edge of the valvispina, viewed laterally, tapers evenly to an acute apex (Fig.
9), whereas that of D. virididorsata is sharply angled (Fig. 10)”. The difference, even as illustrated in their paper,
is extremely slight. We detected no significant differences in penis valves of specimens tentatively determined ac-
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cording to colour pattern and provenance (Figs 28–29). Nor do COI or nuclear sequences distinguish these forms,
although nuclear genes were sequenced only for a single male attributed to pullior (barcode of which is identical to
a female from the type locality). Having been unable to find any reliable morphological or genetic characters which
will separate them, we here propose the synonymy of pullior with virididorsata.
FIGURES 14–22. Dineura species. 14 stilata ♂, dorsal (31796). 15 testaceipes ♀, dorsal (19240). 16 testaceipes ♀, dorsal
(19623) 17 parcivalvis ♀, lateral (11575). 18 parcivalvis ♂ [“Allotype”], lateral (http://id.luomus.fi/GL.2412). Scale bars 2 mm.
19 testaceipes ♀, apical antennomeres (20597). 20 parcivalvis ♀, apical antennomeres (11575). 21 testaceipes ♂, apical antennomeres (31233). 22 parcivalvis ♂, apical antennomeres [“allotyp” FMNH].
Additional description. Body length: ♀ 4.9–8.0mm, ♂ 4.9–7.0. Head from completely pale except for directly
around ocelli and along upper postoccipital grooves (Figs 3–4), to extensively dark, with contiguous black marking covering postocellar and ocellar areas, reaching forward to toruli (Figs 5–6), and occiput mostly dark (Fig. 10).
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Mesonotum from completely pale (Fig. 9) to completely dark (Fig. 10). Underside of thorax often entirely pale, but
more or less black can be anepimeron, upper edge of mesepisternum, and mesepisternum ventrally. Abdomen from
completely pale except for tergum 1 medially and narrow anterior edge of tergum 2 (Fig. 9), to extensively black on
terga except for downturned lateral margins and more or less terga 8, 9, and 10 (Fig. 10). Antenna and legs entirely
pale (except for more or less obscurely darkened tarsi and apices of tibiae). Female (Figs 8–10): lancet (Figs 23–24).
Male (Fig. 11): penis valve (Figs 28–29).
Total number of specimens examined: about 270.
Similar species. Dineura virididorsata is easily distinguished from the other West Palaearctic species by its extensively pale orbits. Dineura betulivora Togashi, 1995 (Japan) is according to the original description very similar
to the dark specimens of virididorsata formerly called pullior, and possibly not distinct, but we have not examined
type specimens.
Life history. Host plants: Betula pendula and B. pubescens (including the varieties or subspecies carpatica and
czerepanovii) (Pschorn-Walcher & Altenhofer 2000, Macek 2015), and rarely on B. nana (personal communication
from V. Vikberg). A number of studies (several of which are cited by Schmidt & Walter 1995) deal with various
aspects of the ecology and biology of virididorsata species in northern Fennoscandia. Some defoliation events have
been recorded at high latitudes on mountain birch, e.g. by Koponen (1981) in northernmost Norway.
Distribution. Through most of northern and central Europe, including Britain and Ireland (Taeger et al. 2006),
south to the Iberian Peninsula (Liston 2016), and Transpalaearctic (Zhelochovtsev & Zinovjev 1995) through Russia (Zhelochovtsev & Zinovjev 1995) to Hokkaido, Japan (Togashi 1990) and Hubei Province, China (Wei & Nie
1998). Occurrence in Sweden: published records; distributed throughout the whole of Scandinavia (Thomson 1871,
as Nematus degeeri). Material examined: Skåne, Halland, Småland, Öland, Gotland, Östergötland, Västergötland,
Bohuslän, Södermanland, Uppland, Västmanland, Dalarna, Gästrikland, Härjedalen, Jämtland, Ångermanland, Hälsingland, Norrbotten, Lycksele Lappmark, Lule Lappmark, Torne Lappmark.
Specimens examined. Estonia: 1♀ (DEI-GISHym31798), Jõgevamaa, Mustvee 1.8km S, 40m, 04.06.2015,
leg. Liston, Prous & Taeger (SDEI).
Finland: 11♀, 6♂ (SDEI, ZSM). Specimens formerly determined as pullior: 1♂ (DEI-GISHym11573), Nuorgam 17km SSE, 69.94°N 28.04°E, 20.06.2001, leg. A. Taeger & C. Kutzscher (SDEI). 1♀ (DEI-GISHym19239),
Kevo, 69.74°N 26.99°E, Malaise trap, 15–20.06.2001, leg. Taeger, Kraus & Kutzscher (SDEI). 1♂ (DEI-GISHym19619), Kilpisjärvi, Fjelde Pikku-Malla, 69.05°N 20.80°E, 24.06.2004, leg. M. Viiitasaari (SDEI). 1♀ (DEIGISHym31792), Utsjoki, Isieskujoki 774:50, 09.06.1992, leg. M. Viiitasaari (SDEI). 1♀, 1♂ (DEI-GISHym31801,
31802), Utsjoki, 69.88°N 27.00°E, 1990, reared (SDEI).
Germany: 17♀, 3♂ (SDEI, ZSM).
Portugal: 2♀, see Liston (2016) (SDEI).
Russia: Kemerovo Region 2♀, 5♂ (Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch RAS,
Novosibirsk). 2♀ (DEI-GISHym31810 and 31811; formerly determined as pullior), Primorskiy Kray, Sichote Alin,
meteorological station 28km SE Chugeyevka, 43.59°N 134.08°E, 01.06.1993, leg. A. Taeger (SDEI).
Scotland: 1♀ (SDEI).
Sweden: 132♀, 48♂ (MZLU, NHRS, SDEI), including the following [other provinces: see under species
treatment]. Torne Lappmark: 1♀ (DEI-GISHym15244), Abisko, Mt. Njulla, 400-700m, 29.06.2012, leg. Liston
& Taeger (SDEI). 2♀ (DEI-GISHym31794, 31795), Abisko National Park, E10, 390m, 30.06.2012, leg. Liston &
Taeger (SDEI). 1♀ (DEI-GISHym31809), Abisko, Mt. Njulla, 600-900m, 23.06.2016, leg. Liston (SDEI). 1♂ (DEIGISHym80155), Abisko 6km W, 650-900m, 02.07.2016, leg. Liston & Prous (SDEI). 1♂ (DEI-GISHym19664;
previously determined as pullior), Stordalen, 68.35°N 19.04°E, 17.06.2012, leg. A. Liston, A. Taeger & S. M. Blank
(SDEI).
Unclarified species names in Dineura
Dineura simulans Cameron, 1877: 155-156. Syntype(s) ♀, England, possibly in BMNH, not examined.
This taxon was treated as a synonym of Pseudodineura fuscula (Klug, 1816) by Konow (1905), followed by Taeger
et al. (2010), but Enslin (1914) was sure that it must belong to the former genus Pontania (now synonymised with
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Euura). Neither of these authors had seen the type of D. simulans. The original description contains insufficient
information to place the taxon. However, “antennae filiform, nearly as long as the body” does not fit a known female Pseudodineura species, which have antennae only about as long as the abdomen. Until type material should
be located, the name is better treated as a Nematinae species incertae sedis.
FIGURES 23–27. Dineura, lancets. 23 virididorsata ♀, lancet (31809). 24 virididorsata ♀, lancet (31801; formerly det. pullior). 25 stilata ♀, lancet (31797). 26 testaceipes ♀, lancet (19240). 27 parcivalvis ♀, lancet (11575).
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FIGURES 28–35. Dineura, penis valves. 28 virididorsata ♂, penis valve (80155). 29 virididorsata ♂, penis valve (19664;
formerly det. pullior). 30–31 stilata ♂, penis valve (11350). 32–33 Dineura testaceipes ♂, penis valve (31800). 34 Dineura
parcivalvis ♂, Russian Far East, penis valve (80232). 35 Dineura parcivalvis ♂, Finland, penis valve [“allotyp” FMNH].
Discussion
After evaluating the currently available morphological, genetic and biological data, the taxonomy of Dineura occurring in Europe seems somewhat clearer than previously. In particular, the status of stilata and testaceipes as
separate species, as recently upheld by Macek (2015), has received (weak) corroboration by the detection of small
differences in the male genitalia. On the other hand, because we were unable to find any reliable way of distinguishing virididorsata and pullior, we have proposed their treatment as synonyms. Further study of some nuclear gene
sequences suggests itself as the next step in trying to understand the genus better.
Acknowledgments
This work was funded by the Swedish Taxonomy Initiative. For material examined, as well as other assistance and
information, we thank Ewald Altenhofer (Etzen, Austria), Rune Bygebjerg and Christer Hansson (MZLU), HansJoachim Jacobs (Ranzin, Germany), Iero Kakko (Hämeenlinna, Finland), Frank Koch (ZMHUB), Manfred Kraus
(Nürnberg, Germany), Pekka Malinen (FMNH), Juhu Paukkunen (FMNH), Fabio Penati (MSNG), Stefan Schmidt
(ZSM), the Swedish Malaise Trap Project (Station Linné, Öland, Sweden), Matti Viitasaari (Helsinki, Finland), and
Veli Vikberg (Turenki, Finland). Katrin Elgner and Ute Kascinski (SDEI) kindly obtained some of the literature.
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