Tenthredo (Casipteryx) specimens fom China

<strong><em>Tenthredo</em> (<em>Casipteryx</em>)</strong> specimens from China The status of <em>Casipteryx</em> is still in discussion. References:<br>Taeger, A. 1991: Zwei neue paläarktische Blattwespengattungen aus der Unterfamilie Tenthredininae (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Symphyta: Tenthredinidae). Entomologische Abhandlungen. Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde in Dresden, 54 (3): 71–95.<br>Nie, H. &amp; Wei, M. 1997: Taxonomic Study of the Genus <em>Casipteryx</em> Taeger (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinomorpha). Entomotaxonomia. La Revuo de Sistematika Entomologio, 19, Suppl.: 91–94. Wei, M.-C. 2006: On the genus <em>Casipteryx</em> Taeger (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae) with description of a new species from China. (In English, abstract in Chinese). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, Beijing 31(3): 617–620. Taeger, A.; Blank, S. M.; Liston, A. D. 2010: World Catalog of Symphyta (Hymenoptera). - Zootaxa, Auckland 2580: 1-1064. Photos were taken at the SDEI with a Leica DFC 495 digital camera and M205 C microscope.<br>Composite images with an extended depth of field were created from stacks of images using the software CombineZ5.3, and finally arranged and partly enhanced with Ulead PhotoImpact X3. Photos of the types were taken in Changsha (Hunan, China) by A. Taeger with a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS3.