{"id":23173,"date":"2017-05-24T15:09:02","date_gmt":"2017-05-24T15:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/animalia\/arthropoda\/insecta\/diptera\/nematocera\/cecidomyiidae\/rabdophaga\/rabdophaga-salicis\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T16:43:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T15:43:21","slug":"rabdophaga-salicis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/parasites\/animalia\/arthropoda\/insecta\/diptera\/nematocera\/cecidomyiidae\/cecidomyiinae\/lasiopteridi\/oligotrophini\/rabdophaga\/rabdophaga-salicis\/","title":{"rendered":"Rabdophaga salicis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rabdophaga salicis<\/em> (Schrank, 1803)<\/h1>\n

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on Salix<\/em><\/h2>\n

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\"Rabdophaga
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Salix spec.<\/em>, Spain, Castilla y Le\u00f3n, Navarredonda de Gredos, \u00b1 800 m, 17.vii.2022 \u00a9 Cor Zonneveld<\/a><\/p>\n

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an individual gall<\/p>\n

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Salix aurita<\/em>, Hungary, J\u00e1nossomorja, 17.viii.2019 \u00a9 L\u00e1szl\u00f3 \u00c9rsek<\/p>\n

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opened gall<\/p>\n

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larva, dorsal<\/p>\n

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larva, ventral<\/p>\n

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Salix cinerea<\/em>, France, d\u00e9p. C\u00f4te d\u2019Armor, Pl\u00e9d\u00e9liac, 31.viii.2019 \u00a9 Pierre Duhem<\/p>\n

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\"Rabdophaga
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vertical section<\/p>\n

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\"Rabdophaga
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Salix cinerea<\/em>, Sevenum 2.ix.2018 \u00a9 Arnold Groscurt<\/p>\n

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\"Rabdophaga
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galled midrib<\/p>\n

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opened gall with two larva<\/p>\n

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larva with spatula<\/p>\n

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Salix cinerea<\/em>, Belgium, prov. Namur, Romedenne; leg. S\u00e9bastien Carbonnelle \u00a9 Gilles San Martin<\/p>\n


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Salix cinerea<\/em>, Hoek van Holland, leg Ben van As<\/p>\n

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Salix aurita<\/em>, Belgium, prov. Luxembourg, Bovigny, Chifontaine: old gall; \u00a9 Jean-Yves Baugn\u00e9e<\/p>\n

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pupa; contrary to the similar Rabdophaga dubiosa<\/em> the pupa bears a pair of sturdy teeth between the spiracular horns.<\/p>\n

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wing (from R\u00fcbsaamen, 1892b)<\/p>\n

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wing (from Stelter, 1980a)<\/p>\n

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gall<\/h3>\n

Multilocular, mostly all-sided, \u00b1 10 mm thick and up to 50 mm long irregular swelling of a thin branch; sometime several together, than sometime coalescing. Often that bark is cracked and flaky. The dormant buds are irregularly distributed ver the surface. Fresh galls are green, old ones dark brown. Lesser galls also occur in the petioles and even the midrib. The gall chambers lie in all layers of the wood, each one with a single orange larva or pupa. Prior to emergence the puparium work themselves out of the gall at a randomly chosen spot; this in contrast to R. dubiosa<\/a><\/em>, of which the pupa can only leave the gall by way of a dormant bud.<\/p>\n

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host plants<\/h3>\n

Salicaceae, monophagous<\/p>\n

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Salix<\/a> alba, arbuscula, aurita, babylonica, canariensis, caprea, cinerea, daphnoides, elaeagnos, excelsa, x fragilis, glabra, hastata, helvetica, myrsinites, nigra, pentandra, purpurea, repens.<\/p>\n

Mainly Salix aurita, caprea, cinerea, repens<\/em>.
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phenology<\/h3>\n

A single generation per year. The larva hibernates in the gall and pupates there in spring.<\/p>\n

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larva<\/h3>\n

the mature larva is described by Nijveldt & Yukawa (1982a).<\/p>\n


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spatulas of specimens from Salix aurita<\/em> (a, d), S. cinerea<\/em> (b) and S. caprea<\/em> (c) (from R\u00fcbsaamen, 1916a)<\/p>\n

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\"Rabdophaga
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Salix caprea<\/em>, Kraaienbergse plassen, 7.xii.2025 \u00a9 Onno Bosma<\/p>\n

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\"Rabdophaga
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larva<\/p>\n

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\"Rabdophaga
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head<\/p>\n

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sternum, spatula<\/p>\n

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tip of the spatula<\/p>\n

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anal segment, dorsal (from Nijveldt, 1977a)<\/p>\n

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pupa<\/h3>\n

See Stelter (1980a). At the base of the prothoracic horns a distinct small tooth (absent in R. dubiosa<\/a><\/em>).<\/p>\n

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pupa (from R\u00fcbsaamen, 1892b)<\/p>\n

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head (from Kieffer, 1901a)<\/p>\n

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synonyms<\/h3>\n

Cecidomyia salicina<\/em> Bouch\u00e9, 1834; Cecidomyia, Dasineura, Dichelomyia, Rhabdophaga, salicis<\/em>; Dichelomyia, Rhabdophaga noduli<\/em> R\u00fcbsaamen, 1895.<\/p>\n

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inquilines<\/h3>\n

As a specialised predator lives in the galls Lestodiplosis gammae<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

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references<\/h3>\n

Barnes (1951a), B\u00e9guinot (2002e, 2005a, 2006a, 2012a), Bellmann (2012a), Bruun (2015a), Buhr (1965a), Charles, Nef, Allegro, ao (2014a), Cilbircio\u011flu & \u00dcnal (2009a), Cogolludo (1921a), Coulianos & Holm\u00e5sen (1991a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Deckert & Deckert (2016a), Dietrich (2016a), Docters van Leeuwen (1936a), o\u011fanlar (2017a), Gagn\u00e9 (2010a), de Vere Graham & Gijswijt (1998a), Hellrigl (2010a), Houard (1908a), Kieffer (1888a, 1892a, 1895b), Koll\u00e1r (2011a), Kopelke & Amendt (2002a), Lambinon, Schneider & Feitz (2001b), Lehmann & Hannover (2016a), L\u00f6w (1888a), Mirumian (2011a), Nijveldt (1977a), Nijveldt & Yukawa (1982a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Roskam (2009a), Roskam & Carbonnelle (2015a), R\u00fcbsaamen (1892a,b, 1895b, 1916a), R\u00fcbsaamen & Hedicke (1926a), Simova-To\u0161i\u0107 & Skuhrav\u00e1 (2001a), Simova-To\u0161i\u0107, Skuhrav\u00e1 & Skuhrav\u00fd (1996a,b, 2000a, 2004a, 2007a), Simova-To\u0161i\u0107, Skuhrav\u00e1, Skuhravy\u0301 & Postolovski (2007a), Skrzypczy\u0144ska (2007a), Skuhrav\u00e1 (2006a), Skuhrav\u00e1, Bayram, \u00c7am ao (2005a), Skuhrav\u00e1, Karimpour, Sadeghi ao (2014a), Skuhrav\u00e1 & Skuhrav\u00fd (1994a, 1997a, 1999a, 2003a, 2010a, 2012a, 2021a: 240), Skuhrav\u00e1, Skuhrav\u00fd, Blasco-Zumeta & Pujade-Villar (2006a), Skuhrav\u00e1, Skuhravy\u0301 & Carbonnelle (2017a), Skuhrav\u00e1, Skuhrav\u00fd, Dauphin & Coutin (2005a), Skuhrav\u00e1, Skuhrav\u00fd, Don\u010dev & Dimitrova (1991a, 1992a), Skuhrav\u00e1, Skuhrav\u00fd & Hellrigl (2001a, 2002a), Skuhrav\u00e1, Skuhrav\u00fd & J\u00f8rgensen (2006a), Skuhrav\u00e1, Skuhrav\u00fd & Meyer (2014a), Skuhrav\u00e1, Skuhrav\u00fd & Neacsu (1972a), Skuhrav\u00e1, Skuhravy\u0301, Skrzypczy\u0144ska & Szadziewski (2008a), Stelter (1956a, 1978a, 1980a, 1988a), Tavares (1905a), Tomasi (2014a), Unal & Akkuzu (2009a).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rabdophaga salicis (Schrank, 1803) on Salix Salix spec., Spain, Castilla y Le\u00f3n, Navarredonda de Gredos, \u00b1 800 m, 17.vii.2022 \u00a9 Cor Zonneveld an individual gall Salix aurita, Hungary, J\u00e1nossomorja, 17.viii.2019 \u00a9 L\u00e1szl\u00f3 \u00c9rsek opened gall larva, dorsal larva, ventral Salix cinerea, France, d\u00e9p. C\u00f4te d\u2019Armor, Pl\u00e9d\u00e9liac, 31.viii.2019 \u00a9 Pierre Duhem vertical section Salix cinerea, Sevenum […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":23141,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"parasite-species.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23173","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-parasite"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23173\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}