Published June 20, 2024 | Version v1
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Contarinia floriperda Rubsaamen 1917

Description

* Contarinia floriperda Rübsaamen, 1917

Material: TEI, Seljord: Blika, 59.5914013°N 8.5615844°E ± 100m, 18 June 2019, L, leg. SH, BOLD: NHMO-ENT-548108, coll. NHMO; AK, Asker: Brønnøya, Ostsundveien plot 41/185, 59.866228°N 10.553876°E ± 3m, 3 June 2022, LF, leg. HE, coll. NHMO; Oslo: Ellingsrudåsen, 59.936246°N 10.918709°E ± 10m, 3 June 2019, L, leg. HE, coll. NHMO; 59.936246°N 10.918709°E ± 50m, 12 June 2019, L, leg. HE, coll. NHMO; OS, Gran: Bleiken, 60.463291°N 10.504599°E ± 5m, 12 June 2020, L, leg. HE, coll. NHMO; TRI, Storfjord: Skibotn, Okseneset, 69.384626°N 20.260924°E ± 300m, 6 July 2019, LM, leg. HE, coll. NHMO.

Biology: The whitish yellow larvae develop gregariously in galled flower buds of Sorbus spp. (Rosaceae). Our records are all from Sorbus aucuparia. Infected buds become enlarged and do not open. Univoltine; pupation and hibernation in the soil.

Distribution: Widespread in Europe including Norway, Sweden and Denmark.

Notes

Published as part of Fjellberg, Arne & Fedotova, Zoya, 2024, New records of gall midges (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) from Norway, pp. 8-94 in Norwegian Journal of Entomology 71 on page 37, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15883449

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Biodiversity

Collection code
HE , OS , TEI , TRI
Event date
2019-06-03 , 2019-06-12 , 2019-06-18 , 2020-06-12 , 2022-06-03
Verbatim event date
2019-06-03 , 2019-06-12 , 2019-06-18 , 2020-06-12 , 2022-06-03
Scientific name authorship
Rubsaamen
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Cecidomyiidae
Genus
Contarinia
Species
floriperda
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Contarinia floriperda Rubsaamen, 1917 sec. Fjellberg & Fedotova, 2024