North European gall-inducing Euura sawflies (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae, Nematinae)
Author
Liston, Andrew D.
Author
Heibo, Erik
Author
Prous, Marko
Author
Vårdal, Hege
Author
Nyman, Tommi
Author
Vikberg, Veli
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Zootaxa
2017
2017-08-07
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Euura salicispurpureae
Kopelke, 2014
Euura purpureae
Kopelke, 1996
: 107
–109. Described:
♀
,
♂
, gall, recorded host:
Salix purpurea
.
Holotype
,
♀
,
SMF
[examined].
Type
locality:
Switzerland
,
Valais
, Oberwald. Preoccupied in
Euura
by
E. purpureae
(
Cameron, 1884
)
.
Euura salicispurpureae
Kopelke in Prous
et al.
2014: 53
, replacement name for
E. purpureae
Kopelke.
Variability.
Female: Body length:
2.6–4.4mm
. Tegula pale to black. Male:
2.9–4.9mm
. Female and male: outer orbits and lateral vertex somewhat brown to completely black. Total number of specimens examined: 17.
Genetic data.
COI barcode not distinguishable from those of
E. myrtilloides
,
E. salicislapponicae
, and
E. weiffenbachiella
.
Similar species.
See under
E. atra
.
Bionomics.
Host
plants:
Salix purpurea
(
Kopelke 1996
)
,
S. purpurea
×
viminalis
(
Liston & Späth 2004
)
,
S. purpurea
×
silesiaca
(
Beneš 2013
)
. Biology:
Kopelke (1996)
, Kopelke
et al.
(2003).
Distribution.
North Africa, South and Central Europe, north to
Denmark
(Taeger
et al.
2006). Occurrence in
Sweden
: not recorded, but may occur.