Dolerus nigratus
10mm. The head, mesonotum abdomen and legs are all black but the cenchri are white. It has slightly darkened wings and a black wing stigma. The saw sheath in the female is very rounded at the tip and surrounded by long setae which are largely straight.
Other Dolerus species.
- c10mm
- all black (head, body, legs)
- white cenchri
- heavily punctuated mesonotum
- saw sheath rounded at the tip
- setae at the end of the saw sheath largely straight
Hedgerows and flowery verges.
Summer.
The larvae feed on various grasses.
Widespread and fairly frequent in the southern half of Britain at least.
Probably fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland but under-recorded.
David Nicholls
Newtown Linford, Groby Rd verge
28 May 2022
Graham Calow
Sapcote
04 May 2013
female - specimen examined
David Nicholls
Newtown Linford, Groby Rd verge
28 May 2022
white cenchri
David Nicholls
Newtown Linford, Groby Rd verge
28 May 2022
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Species profile
- Species group:
- insect - hymenopteran
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hymenoptera
- Family:
- Tenthredinidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 4
- First record:
- 03/05/2013 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 22/04/2025 (Nicholls, David)
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David Nicholls
Newtown Linford, Groby Rd verge
28 May 2022
