Neolasioptera g-circaezans-stem-swelling
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Neolasioptera
Hosts: Galium circaezans / Galium pilosum
Detachable: integral
Color: green
Texture: hairy, hairless
Abundance:
Shape: spindle
Season: Fall, Winter, Spring
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Alignment: integral
Walls:
Location: stem
Form: tapered swelling
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Possible Range:i
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Our ID Notes may contain important tips necessary for distinguishing this gall from similar galls and/or important information about the taxonomic status of this gall inducer.
Host records of five species of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea: Platygastridae) from the United States, with the description of two new species of Platygaster
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Larvae and adults of the host midge on Galium circaezans (Rubiaceae) were preserved and identified as a possible new species of Neolasioptera. The previously undocumented gall (Figure 2 [see paper for photo]) is a fusiform, sometimes curved stem swelling, 6–9 mm long, typically containing 2–5 larvae (M.W. Palmer, in litt.). Pupation takes place within the gall. The reared adult midges emerged in early spring from galls collected in October.
[The platygastrid parasitoid Metanopedias eupatorii was reared from this gall]
”- Peter Buhl, Charles Eiseman: (2018) Host records of five species of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea: Platygastridae) from the United States, with the description of two new species of Platygaster©
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Unless noted otherwise in the ID Notes, observations of this gall are collected in the Observation Field Gallformers Code with value g-circaezans-stem-swelling on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
