Biology:Rabdophaga clavifex
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Short description: Species of fly
| Rabdophaga clavifex | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Cecidomyiidae |
| Genus: | Rabdophaga |
| Species: | R. clavifex
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| Binomial name | |
| Rabdophaga clavifex (Kieffer, 1891)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Bertieria rosariella | |
Rabdophaga clavifex is a gall midge which forms galls on the buds of willow species.
Description
The tree/shrub genus Salix supports many galls, some of which are difficult to identify, particularly those caused by the gall midges in the genus Rabdophaga. R. clavifex causes a cluster of hairy buds with a club-like swelling at the tip of the shoot on sallows. Each bud contains a red or orange larva.[2]
Distribution
Found in the following European countries; Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom.[1][3] In the UK R. clavifex has been found in Merseyside and Yorkshire.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Rhabdophaga clavifex". http://insectoid.info/insecta/diptera/cecidomyiidae/rabdophaga_clavifex/.
- ↑ Redfern, Margaret; Shirley, Peter; Bloxham, Michael (2011). British Plant Galls (Second ed.). Shrewsbury: FSC Publications. pp. 282–299. ISBN 978-1-85153-284-1.
- ↑ Georgiev, Georgi Tsvetkov; Sakalian, Vladimir; Ivanov, Kaloyan; Boyadzhiev, Peter (2004). "Insects reared from stems and branches of goat willow (Salix caprea L.) in Bulgaria". J Pest Sci 77 (3): 151–3. doi:10.1007/s10340-003-0044-z. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/225676430. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
- ↑ "Rabdophaga clavifex (Kieffer, 1891)". https://species.nbnatlas.org/species/NBNSYS0100005010.
Wikidata ☰ Q13623282 entry
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