Euura salicispurpureae is a species of sawfly belonging to the family Tenthredinidae (common sawflies). It was first described by Jens-Peter Kopelke in 2014. The larvae feed within galls on willows (Salix species). E. salicispurpureae is one of a number of closely related species known as the Euura atra subgroup.[1]
| Euura salicispurpureae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Symphyta |
| Family: | Tenthredinidae |
| Genus: | Euura |
| Species: | E. salicispurpureae
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| Binomial name | |
| Euura salicispurpureae Kopelke, 2014
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| Synonyms | |
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E. purpureae Kopelke, 1996 | |
Description
editThe gall is a slight swelling of a young shoot and there can be several, 15 millimetres (0.59 in) long, smooth galls in row. The larva probably over-winter in the gall.[2]
Galls have been recorded on S. purpurea, S. purpurea x silesiaca and S. purpurea x viminalis.[2]
Other similar looking species in the Euura atra subgroup are,[1]
- E. atra found on white willow (Salix alba) and crack willow (S. fragilis).
- E. auritae, found on eared willow (S. aurita)
- E. myrtilloides found on swamp willow (S. myrtilloides)
- E. weiffenbachiella, found on creeping willow (S. repens) and S. rosmarinifolia
Distribution
editEuura salicispurpureae has been recorded from north Africa, and south and central Europe, north to Denmark.[1] According to Redfern et al.(2011) the gall has been recorded in Ireland as E purpureae.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c Liston, Andrew D; Heibo, Erik; Prous, Marko; Vardal, Hege; Nyman, Tommi; Vikberg, Veli (2017). "North European gall-inducing Euura sawflies (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae, Nematinae)". Zootaxa. 4302 (1). Magnolia Press: 60. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4302.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
- ^ a b Ellis, W N. "Euura salicispurpureae Kopelke, 2014". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ^ Redfern, Margaret; Shirley, Peter; Boxham, Michael (2011). British Plant Galls (Second ed.). Shrewsbury: Field Study Council. pp. 282–299. ISBN 978-185153-284-1.
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