Tenthredo (Casipteryx) specimens fom China

Tenthredo (Casipteryx) specimens from China

The status of Casipteryx is still in discussion.

References:
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.
Nie, H. & Wei, M. 1997: Taxonomic Study of the Genus Casipteryx Taeger (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinomorpha). Entomotaxonomia. La Revuo de Sistematika Entomologio, 19, Suppl.: 91–94.

Wei, M.-C. 2006: On the genus Casipteryx 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.
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 of C. stigma and maculatina were taken in Changsha (Hunan, China) by A. Taeger with a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS3.

Photos of the holotype of Allanthus roborowskyi JAKOWLEW, 1887 were taken in St Peetersburg with a USB camera Mueller MOC 510, attached to a no-name microscope.