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Massalongia bachmaieri
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, 1958
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Description.</paragraph>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Head</emphasis>
(Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 2529" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figures 25 - 29. Massalongia bachmaieri. 25 ventral view of mouthparts 26 ventral view of female flagellomere V. 27 ventral view of male flagellomere III 28 wing 29 tarsomere V and acromere. Scale bars: 50 µm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.958.54300.figures25-29" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/440969" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">25-27</figureCitation>
). Eyes separated on vertex by diameter of 0.0-1.5 facets. Frons with 3-9 setae (n = 6). Mouthparts: labrum with 8-17 short setae (n = 9), hypopharynx pointed, mostly microtrichose; labellum with 4-5 stout setae (n = 5) laterally. Antenna: scape and pedicel with few ventral setae.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Thorax</emphasis>
(Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 2529" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figures 25 - 29. Massalongia bachmaieri. 25 ventral view of mouthparts 26 ventral view of female flagellomere V. 27 ventral view of male flagellomere III 28 wing 29 tarsomere V and acromere. Scale bars: 50 µm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.958.54300.figures25-29" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/440969" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">28</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 2529" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figures 25 - 29. Massalongia bachmaieri. 25 ventral view of mouthparts 26 ventral view of female flagellomere V. 27 ventral view of male flagellomere III 28 wing 29 tarsomere V and acromere. Scale bars: 50 µm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.958.54300.figures25-29" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/440969" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">29</figureCitation>
). Wing 2.10-2.25 mm long in males (n = 4), 2.10-2.30 mm long in females (n = 4). Anepimeral setae 3-6 (n = 6).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figures 25-29.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Massalongia bachmaieri</emphasis>
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.
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ventral view of mouthparts
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ventral view of female flagellomere V.
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ventral view of male flagellomere III
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wing
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tarsomere V and acromere. Scale bars: 50
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.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Female abdomen</emphasis>
(Figs
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). Ovipositor: protrusible portion ca. 1.2 as long as tergite VII, with dorsal sclerite on posterior 2 thirds; cerci elongate-ovoid, with dorsal setae on base, and scattered setae apically.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figures 30-32.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Massalongia bachmaieri.</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">30-31</emphasis>
terminal part of female abdomen (arrow in Fig.
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indicate the dorsal sclerite on the protrusible portion)
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protrusible portion of ovipositor. Scale bars: 50
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.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Male abdomen</emphasis>
. Tergite VIII with posterior row of setae. Terminalia (Figs
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): gonostylus with pointed denticles; cerci base with setae; cerci with setae on apical margin; hypoproct entire, slightly notched, narrowed after basal third; aedeagus shorter than cerci and hypoproct, cylindrical in dorsoventral view, wide basally in lateral view.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figures 33-35.</emphasis>
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.
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male terminalia
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ventral view of gonostylus
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ventral view of male hypoproct and aedeagus. Scale bars: 50
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.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Pupa</emphasis>
(Figs
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). Head and thorax of exuviae slightly pigmented; abdomen not pigmented. Antennal horns with short, acute, apical protuberances. Two setose lower facial papillae present; 1 asetose and 1 setose lateral facial papillae present on each side. Prothoracic spiracle long, ca. 210
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, with trachea extending to just before tip. Abdominal segment VIII with 2 setose dorsal papillae. Abdominal terga II-VIII with 2-3 median rows of wider and longer spinules than surrounding ones.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figures 36-38.</emphasis>
Pupa of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Massalongia bachmaieri</emphasis>
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.
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ventral view of head
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prothoracic spiracle
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dorsal view of terminal part of abdomen (arrows indicate dorsal spines). Scale bars: 50
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.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Mature larva</emphasis>
(Figs
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). Orange to red (Bachimaier 1965). Spatula absent. Terminal segment with 6 papillae: 2 tiny corniform and 4 setose papillae.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figures 39-41.</emphasis>
Larva of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Massalongia bachmaieri</emphasis>
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.
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ventral view of prothoracic segment
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ventral view of terminal abdominal segments
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">41</emphasis>
dorsal view of terminal abdominal segments. Scale bars: 50
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.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Material examined.</paragraph>
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. 1♂ (SMNS): obtained from
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collection Nr. 1205.
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. 8 larvae collected on 10.iv.1954 from leaf galls on
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, Bernrieder Filz; 3♂, 4♀, 2 pupal exuviae in
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collection Nr. 1205.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Distribution.</paragraph>
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Europe: Germany and Russia (
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and Jaschhof 2017
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).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Gall and life history.</paragraph>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Massalongia bachmaieri</emphasis>
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induces parenchymal leaf galls on
<taxonomicName lsidName="B. nana" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="nana">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B. nana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Fig.
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). Mature larvae leave the galls and drop to the ground in mid to late October. They overwinter in cocoons that are spun on the fallen leaves. This species has one generation a year (
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1958
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; Bachimaier 1965).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 42.</emphasis>
Ethanol-preserved leaf gall of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Massalongia bachmaieri</emphasis>
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on
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.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Remarks.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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(1958)
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designated a male specimen as a holotype of
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and two males and a female as paratypes. When we requested the types for this study, we found that all specimens deposited in SMNS were preserved in alcohol.
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probably prepared his illustrations of the species from temporary slide mounts and then put the specimens back in alcohol with the others. Because it was not possible to determine
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holotype and paratypes among these ethanol-preserved specimens, we designated a lectotype and paralectotypes from the permeant slide-mounted specimens we prepared.
</paragraph>
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Adults of
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are morphologically most similar to
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. See more under
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. altaica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
below.
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