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March, 2023
Norway’s gall midge fauna
In the period 2019-2022 a team of specialists and collectors has collected throughout Norway over 1500 samples of plant galls, from more than 350 plant species. Participants of the project were Hallvard Elven, Zoya Fedotova,and Simon Haarder, Ove Sørlibråten, Lars Ove Hansen, Trude Starholm, and Arne Fjellberg. 143 Cecidomyiidae species were identified in the material collected. About half of the samples could successfully by reared, enabling a study of the adults. Over 600 photos of the material have been made by Hallvard Elven and made available on the Internet:
Anisostephus betulinus; Aphidoletes aphidimyza; Arthrocnodax fraxinellus; Asphondylia hornigi, lathyri, sarothamni; Asynapta phragmitis; Clinodiplosis cilicrus; Contarinia anthobia, chrysanthemi, coryli, craccae, fagi, floriperda, gei, lonicerearum, loti, lysimachiae, petioli, polygonati, pruniflorum, quinquenotata, rhamni, solani, sorbi, tiliarum, tremulae, viburnorum; Cupressatia siskiyou; Cystiphora sanguinea; Dasineura acrophila, affinis, aucupariae, engstfeldi, epilobii, frangulae, fraxinea, fraxini, geranii, kiefferiana, leguminicola, miki, populeti, pustulans, rosae, saussureae, schulzei, serotina, similis, sisymbrii, thomasiana, tiliae, tortilis, traili, trifolii, ulmaria, urticae; Didymomyia tiliacea; Drisina glutinosa; Geocrypta galii; Giraudiella inclusa; Harmandiola cavernosa, globuli, tremulae; Iteomyia capreae, major; Jaapiella chelidonii, inflatae, inulicola, moraviae, schmidti, veronicae; Kiefferia pericarpiicola; Lasioptera carophila, rubi; Lathyromyza abruptis, florum, schlechtendali; Lestodiplosis tarsonemi; Macrodiplosis pustularis; Macrolabis achilleae, fagicola, lonicerae, luceti, pavida, vicicola; Massalongia rubra; Microlasioptera flexuosa; Mikiola fagi; Monarthropalpus flavus; Monodiplosis liebeli; Mycocecis ovalis; Oligotrophus juniperinus; Ozirhincus hungaricus, millefolii; Physemocecis ulmi; Placochela nigripes; Rabdophaga iteobia, marginemtorquens, rosaria, rosariella; Resseliella betulicola; Rhopalomyia foliorum; Rondaniola bursaria; Schizomyia galiorum; Semudobia betulae, skuhravae, tarda; Tricholaba trifolii, viciobia; Wachtliella persicariae; Zygiobia carpini.
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Dasineura dioicae; Neuroterus politus; Peronospora tomentosa
February, 2023
new book
Hans Roskam & Sébastien Carbonnelle, 2023. Plant galls of the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.
Keys to the more than 1500 species of gall inducers in plants, mosses and fungi, according to the plant genera where they are found. 834 Pages, illustrated with 655 line drawings; hard bound; € 79.95.
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Aceria tristriata; Acericecis vitrina; Andricus paradoxus; Aphis cf. euphorbiae; Arnoldiola quercus; Asphondylia baudysi; Carulaspis visci; Eriophyes licopolii; Golovinomyces macrocarpus; Macrolabis lonicerae; Peronospora arvensis; Phylus plagiatus; Rabdophaga degeerii, pierreana; Stigmella roborella; Tanysphyrus lemnae; Uroleucon chondrillae, montanivorum.
January, 2023
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Cecidophyopsis malpighianus; Exobasidium splendidum; Lasioptera arundinis, hungarica; Microlasioptera flexuosa; Melanagromyza oligophaga
November, 2022
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Aphis polygonata; Coleophora albitarsella; Cydalima perspectalis; Peronospora symphyti; Protomyces kriegerianus; Trichosiphonaphis polygonifoliae; Viscum album.
October, 2022
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Albugo candida; Cnephasia incertana; Contarinia petioli; Dysaphis pyri; Eotetranychus fraxini; Melanustilospora ari; Metallus lanceolatus; Mycocecis ovalis; Phyllonorycter corylifoliella; Phyllotreta nemorum; Rhopalosiphum oxyacanthae.
September, 2022
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Aleurochiton acerinus; Anthodiplosis rudimentalis; Ceroplastes rusci; Neurotoma nemoralis; Pseudargyrotoza conwagana; Puccinia sorghi.
August, 2022
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Callirhytis bella; Cavariella aegopodii; Lasiobotrys lonicerae; Liriomyza lutea; Metzneria metzneriella; Mononychus punctumalbum; Pammene aurana; Rabdophaga salicis; Tetraneura nigriabdominalis; Wachtliella ericina.
July, 2022
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Acantholyda hieroglyphica; Aceria chondrillae; Altica cornivorax; Amphitetranychus viennensis; Andricus quercuscorticis; Anguina agrostis; Aphis fabae mordvilkoi; Arge ochropus, pagana; Athalia rosae; Aulacorthum vaccinii; Brevicoryne brassicae; Cystiphora schmidti; Dasineura lathyri; Emmelina monodactyla; Grapholita funebrana; Hoplocampa minuta; Macrolabis holosteae; Mompha epilobiella; Nannfeldtiomyces sparganii; Oxyna flavipennis; Pammene aurana; Phaeoramularia punctiformis; Peronospora violacea; Podosphaera tridactyla; Rabdophaga karschi; Ramularia aromatica; Resseliella theobaldi; Rhynchites bacchus; Subcoccinella vigintiquatuorpunctata; Tetramesa hordei; Thecaphora seminis-convolvuli; Uroleucon grossum.
June, 2022
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Allantus viennensis; Alophia combustella; Andricus conificus; Anthonomus pomorum; Caloptilia fidella; Cladius pectinicornis; Dasineura gleditchiae, plicatrix; Depressaria daucella; Euleia heraclei; Elasmucha grisea; Gonioctena fornicata; Grapholita compositella; Nematus lucidus; Notocelia uddmanniana; Paradoxus osyridellus; Pegomya rubivora; Perapion marchicum; Periphyllus acericola; Phyllocoptes depressus; Phyllonorycter ulmifoliella; Physoderma menyanthis; Puccinia heraclei; Sphaerulina hyperici.
May, 2022
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Acleris forsskaleana; Albugo candida; Ancylis upupana; Brachycaudus prunicola; Chaitophorus populialbae; Chrysomela populi; Crioceris quinquepunctata; Cynips longiventris, quercusfolii; Entyloma serotinum; Eriocrania salopiella; Favonius quercus; Hexomyza schineri; Hoplocampoides xylostei; Hyphantria cunea; Malacosoma neustria; Minucia lunaris; Neuroterus quercusbaccarum; Oxycarenus lavaterae; Parthenolecanium rufulum; Pegomya laticornis; Periphyllus aceris; Peronospora rumicis; Phalera bucephala; Phyllonorycter acerifoliella, geniculella; joannisi; Pyrenophora phaeocomes; Pseudoneuroterus saliens; Putoniella pruni; Schizolachnus pineti; Stigmella mespilicola; Taphrina padi; Tethea ocularis; Trigonaspis megaptera; Uroleucon aeneum.
April, 2022
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Arocatus longiceps; Acizzia jamatonica; Adelphocoris lineolatus; Botrytis ficariarum; Diptacus swensoni; Elatobium abietinum; Erannis defoliaria; Euceraphis betulae; Fusarium graminearum; Helicoverpa armigera; Incurvaria masculella; Kleidocerys resedae; Lasioptera eryngii; Leptinotarsa decemlineata; Leptoglossus occidentalis; Milesina murariae; Myzus persicae; Oulema melanopus; Paraconiothyrium tiliae; Peronospora chrysosplenii; Phorodon humuli; Psylliodes chrysocephala; Puccinia chrysosplenii, symphyti-bromorum; Ramularia calthae; Rhopalosiphum maidis; Wachtliella persicariae; Zabrus tenebrioides.