Biology:Euura myrsiniticola

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Short description: Species of sawfly

Euura myrsiniticola
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Symphyta
Family: Tenthredinidae
Genus: Euura
Species:
E. myrsiniticola
Binomial name
Euura myrsiniticola
(Kopelke, 1991)
Synonyms

Pontania myrsiniticola Kopelke, 1991
Pontania (Eupontania) myrsiniticola Zinovjev (1993b)
Eupontania myrsiniticola Vikberg (2003)

Euura myrsiniticola is a species of sawfly belonging to the family Tenthredinidae (common sawflies). The larvae feed internally in a gall formed on the leaves of whortle-leaved willow (Salix myrsinites).

Description of the gall

The pea-sized gall is smooth and globular and occurs on whortle-leaved willow (Salix myrsinites). It is large in relation to the size of the leaf and protrudes approximately one-third above the leaf surface, and two-thirds below.[1][2]

Distribution

The gall or sawfly has been recorded from Finland, Norway, Russia (Kolguyev Island), Scotland and Sweden.[3]

References

  1. Redfern, Margaret; Shirley, Peter; Boxham, Michael (2011). British Plant Galls (Second ed.). Shrewsbury: Field Study Council. pp. 282–299. ISBN 978-185153-284-1. 
  2. Ellis, W N. "Euura myrsiniticola (Kopelke, 1991)". https://bladmineerders.nl/parasites/animalia/arthropoda/insecta/hymenoptera/symphyta/tenthredinoidea/tenthredinidae/nematinae/euura/euura-myrsiniticola/. 
  3. Liston, Andrew D; Heibo, Erik; Prous, Marko; Vardal, Hege; Nyman, Tommi; Vikberg, Veli (2017). "North European gall-inducing Euura sawflies (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae, Nematinae)". Zootaxa (Magnolia Press) 4302 (1): 94. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4302.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. 

Wikidata ☰ Q56281479 entry