Euura salicispurpureae

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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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Symphyta
Family: Tenthredinidae
Genus: Euura
Species:
E. salicispurpureae
Binomial name
Euura salicispurpureae
Kopelke, 2014
Synonyms

E. purpureae Kopelke, 1996

Description

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The 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]

Distribution

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Euura 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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b Ellis, W N. "Euura salicispurpureae Kopelke, 2014". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  3. ^ Redfern, Margaret; Shirley, Peter; Boxham, Michael (2011). British Plant Galls (Second ed.). Shrewsbury: Field Study Council. pp. 282–299. ISBN 978-185153-284-1.