Lasioptera carophila Löw, 1874

Apiaceae

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

Foeniculum vulgare, France, La Ciotat; © Hélène Dumas

Pastinaca sativa, Belgium, prov. Namur, Matagne-la-Grande © Stéphane Claerebout

larve in the only weakly swollen gall

larva

gall

Larva orange, solitary, in two generations per year. The larva hibernates and pupates in the gall.

host plants

Apiaceae, broadly oligophagous

Aethusa cynapium; Ammi majus; Ammoides pusilla; Anethum graveolens; Angelica archangelica, sylvestris; Anthriscus cerefolium, sylvestris; Berula erecta; Bifora radians; Bupleurum falcatum, fruticescens, rigidum, rotundifolium; Carum carvi, verticillatum Chaerophyllum aromaticum, bulbosum, temulum; Conium maculatum; Conopodium majus; Daucus carota; Dichoropetalum carvifolia; Elaeoselinum asclepium, foetidum, meoides; Eryngium campestre; Falcaria vulgaris; Ferula communis; Ferulago campestris; Foeniculum vulgare; Heracleum sphondylium; Laser trilobum; Laserpitium latifolium, prutenicum; Margotia gummifera; Oenanthe aquatica; Opopanax chironium; Pastinaca sativa; Petroselinum crispum; Peucedanum aegopodioides, altissimum, austriacum, cervaria, officinale, oreoselinum, osthruthium; Physospermum cornubiense; Pimpinella anisum, major, peregrina, saxifraga; Scaligeria napiformis; Selinum carvifolia; Seseli annuum; Silaum silaus; Siler montanum; Smyrnium orphanidis, perfoliatum subsp. rotundifolium; Thapsia garganica; Thecocarpus; Tordylium apulum; Torilis japonica; Trinia glauca.

larva

prosternum with spatula (from Möhn, 1955a)

synonyms

Lasioptera thapsiae Kieffer, 1898; considered a valid species by Skuhravá & Skuhravý (2021a: 279).

parasitoids, predators

Eupelmus confusus, kiefferi, vesicularis.

notes

Skuhravá (2011a) found on several localities on the island of Samos unusual galls on Foeniculum vulgare. Here swellings were induced at the points of bifurcation of major leaf segments.

references

Barnes (1946a), Béguinot (2002h, 2006a), Bellmann (2012a), Blanes-Dalmau, Caballero-López & Pujade-Villar (2017a), Bruun (2015a), Buhr (1964b, 1965a), Cerasa (2015a), Cogolludo (1921a), Coulianos & Holmåsen (1991a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Dorchin & Freidberg (2011a), Fusu (2017a), Gagné (2010a), Houard (1909a), Lambinon, Carbonnelle & Claerebout (2015a), Lambinon Schneider & Feitz (2012a), Lehmann & Hannover (2016a), Máca (2012a), Möhn (1955a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Roskam (2009a, 2019a), Roskam & Carbonnelle (2015a), Sánchez, Skuhravá & Skuhravý (2012a) Schneider (2016a), Shepard (0000a), Simova-Tošić & Skuhravá (2001a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1996a, 2000a, 2004a, 2007a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Postolovski (2007a), Skrzypczyńska (2007a), Skuhravá (1989a, 2006a), Skuhravá, Bayram, Çam ao (2005a), Skuhravá, Karimpour, Sadeghi ao (2014a), Skuhravá (2011a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1994a, 1997a,b, 1999a,b, 2002a, 2004b, 2009b, 2011a, 2012a, 2021a: 72, 93, 110, 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 & Jørgensen (2006a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Kettani (2017a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Massa (2007a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Neacsu (1972a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Skrzypczyńska & Szadziewski (2008a), Tavares (1905a), Tomasi (2014a).