Euura auritae
| Euura auritae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Symphyta |
| Family: | Tenthredinidae |
| Genus: | Euura |
| Species: | E. auritae
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| Binomial name | |
| Euura auritae Kopelke, 2000
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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E. cinerae Kopelke, 1996 | |
Euura auritae is a species of sawfly belonging to the family Tenthredinidae (common sawflies). The larvae forms galls on willows (Salix species). It was first described by Jens-Peter Kopelke in 2000. E. auritae is one of a number of closely related species which is known as the Euura atra subgroup.
Description[edit]
The gall is an elongate swelling that tapers into the young shoot. It is 10 millimetres (0.39 in) to 15 millimetres (0.59 in) long by approximately 5 millimetres (0.20 in) wide. The bark around the gall is smooth and contains one larva which has three dorsal annulets on the third abdominal segment, and a suranal plate without pseudocerci.[1][2] Pupation is probably in the gall.[1]
In Britain the gall has been found on eared willow (Salix aurita).[2] Elsewhere it has also been found on grey willow (S. cinerea), downy willow (S. lapponum) and (S. starkeana).[1]
Other similar looking galls in the Euura atra subgroup are,[3]
- E. atra found on white willow (S. alba) and crack willow (S. fragilis).
- E. salicispurpureae, found on purple willow (S. purpurea)
- E. myrtilloides found on swamp willow (Salix myrtilloides)
- E. weiffenbachiella, found on creeping willow (S. repens) and S. rosmarinifolia
Distribution[edit]
Euura auritae has been recorded in central and northern Europe to Finland, Norway and Sweden. Also Czech Republic, Great Britain and the Netherlands.[1][2][3][4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e Ellis, W N. "Euura auritae Kopelke, 2000". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
- ^ a b c Redfern, Margaret; Shirley, Peter; Boxham, Michael (2011). British Plant Galls (Second ed.). Shrewsbury: Field Study Council. pp. 282–299. ISBN 978-185153-284-1.
- ^ a b Liston, Andrew D; Heibo, Erik; Prous, Marko; Vardal, Hege; Nyman, Tommi; Vikberg, Veli (2017). "North European gall-inducing Euura sawflies (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae, Nematinae)". Zootaxa. 4302 (1). Magnolia Press: 59. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4302.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
- ^ Beneš, Karel (2014). "Additions to the Czech list of Eurra Newman, 1837 (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae)". Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae Biologicae (Brno). 99 (1): 69–75. ISSN 1211-8788.
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