Euura crassipes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Symphyta
Family: Tenthredinidae
Genus: Euura
Species:
E. crassipes
Binomial name
Euura crassipes

Euura crassipes is a species of sawfly belonging to the family Tenthredinidae (common sawflies) and was first described by Carl Gustaf Thomson in 1871. The larvae feed internally in a gall formed on the leaves of downy willow (Salix lapponum).

Description of the gall

Descriptions of the gall differs depending on the source. According to Redfern et al. (2011) the thin-walled gall is globular, 4–10 mm diameter and usually protruding more on the underside of the leaf of downy willow. According to the website Plant Parasites of Europe, the thin-walled gall protrudes equally on either side of the leaf. The gall feels like felt, is hairy and large in relation to the size of the leaf.[1][2]

Distribution

This species has only been recorded from Finland, Russia (Kola Peninsula), Scotland and Sweden.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Redfern, Margaret; Shirley, Peter; Boxham, Michael (2011). British Plant Galls (Second ed.). Shrewsbury: Field Study Council. pp. 282–299. ISBN 978-185153-284-1.
  2. ↑ Ellis, W N. "Euura crassipes (Thomson, 1871)". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  3. ↑ Liston, Andrew D; Heibo, Erik; Prous, Marko; Vardal, Hege; Nyman, Tommi; Vikberg, Veli (2017). "North European gall-inducing Euura sawflies (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae, Nematinae)". Zootaxa. Magnolia Press. 4302 (1): 88−89. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4302.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
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