Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Myopites sp. Galls

Posted by Jordi Clavell on 22-01-2012 20:33
#1

Could someone help me identifying these gall?
Pehaps it was produced by Myopites olivieri (= M. inulaedyssentericae)?
It was on Dittrichia viscosa.
The photo (author: David Molina) was made near Castellón, Spain, on 9.1.2008.

Thanks

Edited by Jordi Clavell on 23-01-2012 19:24

Posted by Nosferatumyia on 22-01-2012 21:44
#2

No question, a Myopites. The only species known to me to infest D. viscosa is M. longirostris, but still Iberian species are poorly understood. I do not know what "olivieri" is.

Posted by Jordi Clavell on 23-01-2012 19:23
#3

M. olivieri (not valid) is a synonym of M. inulaedyssentericae.
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