Kiefferia pericarpiicola (Bremi, 1847)
on a wide range of Apiaceae
Pimpinella saxifraga, Norway, Asmaløy, 27.vii.2020 © Hallvard Elven: female
Pimpinella saxifraga, Norway, Asmaløy, 27.vii.2020 © Hallvard Elven: female
Pimpinella saxifraga, Norway, Mysen, 4.viii.2022 © Hallvard Elven: gall
Pimpinella saxifraga, Norway, Mysen, 4.viii.2022 © Hallvard Elven: gall
Pimpinella saxifraga, Norway, Mysen, 4.viii.2022 © Hallvard Elven: gall
Pimpinella saxifraga, Norway, Mysen, 4.viii.2022 © Hallvard Elven: larva
Pimpinella saxifraga, Norway, Mysen, 4.viii.2022 © Hallvard Elven: larva
Bupleurum spec., Montenegro, Zabljac, 1375 m a.s.l., 24.vii.2019 ©
Cor Zonneveld
Daucus carota, Nieuwe Waterweg © Ben van As
Daucus carota, Amstelveen, Schinkelbos: galled inflorescence
galled fruit, opened
larva: head in dorsal view, and spatula
Peucedanum oreoselinum (= Oreselinum nigrum), France, Jura, Charchilla, 550 m; © Bertrand Cotte
Foeniculum vulgare, a less common hostplant; France, La Ciotat; © Hélène Dumas
Oenanthe spec. © Roelof Jan Koops
Torilis japonica, Poland, Bialowieza © Sébastien Carbonnelle
Bupleurum falcatum, Belgium, prov Namur, Viroinval, Nismes © Stéphane Claerebout
larva
synonym
Kiefferia pimpinellae (Bremi, 1847).
gall
One to three larvae share a partial fruit. Inside of the gall lined with a nutritive mycelium. One generation per year. The larva hibernates in the soil in a cocoon.
host plants
Apiaceae, broadly oligophagous
Angelica archangelica, sylvestris; Anthriscus cerefolium, sylvestris; Berula erecta; Bupleurum falcatum, longifolium, praealtum, ranunculoides; Carum carvi, verticillatum; Chaerophyllum aromaticum; Conium maculatum; Daucus carota & subsp. sativus; Falcaria vulgaris; Ferulago campestris; Foeniculum vulgare; Heracleum sphondylium; Laserpitium latifolium, prutenicum; Oenanthe pimpinelloides; Pastinaca sativa; Petroselinum crispum; Peucedanum cervaria, oreoselinum, palustre; Physospermum cornubiense; Pimpinella anisum, major, saxifraga, tragium; Selinum carvifolia; Seseli annuum, libanotis; Silaum silaus; Smyrnium olusatrum; Torilis japonica.
larva
spatula with papillae (from Möhn, 1955a)
synonyms
Cecidomyia, Schizomyia, pimpinellae Loew 1850.
inquilines
Amerapha gracilis; Contarinia inquilina; Lasioptera thuringiaca; Trotteria umbelliferarum.
parasitoids, predators
Systasis angustula; Torymus curtisi, pastinacae, socius.
references
Barnes (1946a), Béguinot (2002h, 2006a, 2012a), Bellmann (2012a), Bruun (2015a), Buhr (1964b, 1965a), Burton, Ellis & Schneider (2022a), Cerasa (2015a), Chinery (2011a), Coulianos & Holmåsen (1991a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Ecott (2012a), Gagné (2010a), de Vere Graham & Gijswijt (1998a), Hellrigl (2006a), Houard (1909a), Kieffer (1901a,b), Koops (2013a), Lambinon, Carbonnelle & Claerebout (2015a), Lambinon, Schneider & Feitz (2001b), Lehmann & Hannover (2016a), Ludwig (1974a), Möhn (1955a), O’Connor & Wistow (1999a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Rohfritsch (1992a), Roskam (2009a, 2019a), Roskam & Carbonnelle (2015a), Sánchez, Skuhravá & Skuhravý (2012a), Simova-Tošić & Skuhravá (2001a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1996a, 2000a, 2004a, 2007a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Postolovski (2007a), Skrzypczyńska (2007a), Skuhravá (2006a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1988a, 1992b, 1994a,b, 1997a,b, 1999a,b, 2002a, 2004a,b, 2005b,c, 2007a, 2010a, 2011a, 2021a: 71, 94, 128), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Blasco-Zumeta & Pujade-Villar (2006a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Buhr (2013a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dauphin & Coutin (2005a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dončev & Dimitrova (1991a, 1992a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Ebejer (2002a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Jørgensen (2006a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Massa (2007a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Neacsu (1972a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Skrzypczyńska Szadziewski (2008a), Stănescu (2009a), Tavares (1905a), Tomasi (2003a, 2012a, 2014a).