Salicornia spec., France, dépt. Var, Hyères, presqu’île de Giens © Stéphane Claerbout

cf Salicornia spec., Tunesia, Nabeul © Stéphane Claerebout

parasitoid larva in the gall

larva of a parasitoid

gall

Mostly obvious, partly reddish, fleshy, swelling of an internodium; each contains a gall chamber with one orange larva, that also pupates in its cell. Several, overlapping, generations.

host plants

Amaranthaceae, oligophagous

Salicornia emerici, europaea, patula; Sarcocornia fruticosa, perennis.

larva

spatula (from Kieffer, 1901a)

synonyms

Baldratia hyalina Kieffer, 1912.

references

Buhr (1965a), Cogolludo (1921a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Dorchin & Freidberg (2008a), Dorchin, Freidberg & Mokady (2004a), Elsayed, Skuhravá, Karam ao (2015a), Gagné & Jaschhof (2014a), Houard (1908a), Sánchez, Skuhravá & Skuhravý (2012a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá & Skuhravý (2004a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Postolovski (2007a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1994a, 1997b, 2002a, 2004a,b, 2011a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Blasco-Zumeta & Pujade-Villar (2006a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dauphin & Coutin (2005a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Elsayed (2014a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Kettani (2017a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Massa (2007a), Tavares (1905a), Tomasi (2014a).