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Dorchin &amp; Mifsud
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This species induces fleshy, spherical bud galls,
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in diameter, in leaf axils of
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(
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). The galls are green to pinkish and covered by whitish fuzz similar to ungalled plant parts. Each gall contains a single larval chamber, the inside walls of which are lined by white mycelia. The species is apparently univoltine, with adults emerging in May. Larvae are heavily parasitized by numerous species of parasitic
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so that repeated collecting over several years has yielded only a handful of adult gall midges. The galls superficially resemble those of
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Gagné
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in leaf axils of
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in North America (
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Hawkins
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). It is possible that, like
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<emphasis id="B92A7236FFF6E83BFC64F692FC45F94E" box="[909,1021,1698,1723]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="390">A. scopuli</emphasis>
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has more than one generation a year and induces galls in different plant parts in different seasons, but such galls have not yet been found.
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: As in
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<emphasis id="B92A7236FFF6E83BFEB6F6DAFE72F8F7" box="[351,458,1771,1794]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="390">A. punica</emphasis>
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except for the following: third palpal segment 1.261.66 times as long as second; first antennal flagellomere 1.191.25 times as long as second in male, 1.471.52 as long as second in female.
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<emphasis id="B92A7236FFF6E83BFF2EF703FEA0F8BE" box="[199,280,1842,1867]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="390">Thorax</emphasis>
: Wing length
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in females (n=4),
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in males (n=3).
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<emphasis id="B92A7236FFF6E83BFF2EF74BFEA8F866" bold="true" box="[199,272,1914,1939]" pageId="7" pageNumber="390">Larva</emphasis>
: unknown.
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(
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):
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long (n = 4).
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.
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, deposited in
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,
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, 5 exuviae (2 on microscope slide, 3 glued to cardboard), same data as holotype (
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, others
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;
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(coated, on SEM stub), same data as holotype, in private collection of
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.
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<emphasis id="B92A7236FFF9E834FF2EF0EEFEE1FF0D" bold="true" box="[199,345,223,248]" pageId="8" pageNumber="391">Distribution</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Endemic to
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.
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<subSubSection id="C344FDAFFFF9E834FF2EF135FD66FEB5" pageId="8" pageNumber="391" type="etymology">
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<emphasis id="B92A7236FFF9E834FF2EF135FEFEFEE8" bold="true" box="[199,326,260,285]" pageId="8" pageNumber="391">Etymology</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
The specific epithet is Latin for of the cliff, with reference to the unique habitat (seaside cliffs) of the host plant, an endemic to the Maltese Islands.
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<emphasis id="B92A7236FFF9E834FF2EF17DFEB2FE90" bold="true" box="[199,266,332,357]" pageId="8" pageNumber="391">Notes</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="B92A7236FFF9E834FEF2F17DFDBBFE90" box="[283,515,332,357]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="391">Asphondylia scopuli</emphasis>
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is smaller than
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<emphasis id="B92A7236FFF9E834FD2BF17DFC89FE91" box="[706,817,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="391">A. punica</emphasis>
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but we could not find any substantial morphological differences between adults and pupae of the two species, except for those outlined above. Nevertheless, the galls induced by these species are markedly different, as are their host plants;
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<emphasis id="B92A7236FFF9E834FC32F1A5FB2FFE58" box="[987,1175,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="391">Atriplex halimus</emphasis>
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is a widespread desert and salt-marsh shrub with C
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photosynthesis, whereas
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<emphasis id="B92A7236FFF9E834FCF6F186FC43FE25" box="[799,1019,439,464]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="391">Atriplex lanfrancoi</emphasis>
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is endemic to seaside cliffs in the Maltese islands, and represents an ancient clade within
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<emphasis id="B92A7236FFF9E834FCE5F1EFFCDEFE02" box="[780,870,478,503]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="391">Atriplex</emphasis>
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of species with C
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photosynthesis (
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Kadereit
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. 2010
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). It is noteworthy that
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is common in the Maltese islands but no galls were observed on it, including in localities where
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<emphasis id="B92A7236FFF9E834FE83F21BFE45FDB7" box="[362,509,553,578]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="391">A. lanfrancoi</emphasis>
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galls were found (DM, personal observation). Our data leave us in no doubt that
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<emphasis id="B92A7236FFF9E834FA6DF21BFF50FD93" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="391">A. scopuli</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B92A7236FFF9E834FEF7F27FFE32FD90" box="[286,394,590,613]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="391">A. punica</emphasis>
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are distinct species.
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