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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/12397| Title: | Rediscovery of a rare gall on Rosa sempervirens induced by Diplolepis eglanteriae (Hartig, 1840) (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae) in Malta |
| Authors: | Mifsud, Stephen |
| Keywords: | Insects -- Malta Insects -- Mediterranean Region Cynipidae Eupelmidae Eulophidae Pteromalidae |
| Issue Date: | 2016 |
| Publisher: | Entomological Society of Malta |
| Citation: | Mifsud, Stephen (2016). Rediscovery of a rare gall on Rosa sempervirens induced by Diplolepis eglanteriae (Hartig, 1840) (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae) in Malta. Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Malta, Vol. 8, p. 39-45 |
| Abstract: | Diplolepis eglanteriae is a cynipid wasp inducing characteristic smooth pea-like galls on Rosa sempervirens. The gall was first reported as occurring in Malta in 1926 at Buskett. During the present study, the presence of this gall was confirmed and although it was not found again in Buskett it was found in three other localities on Malta. Three chalcid parasitoids were found associated with these galls, namely Eupelmus (Macroneura) muellneri Ruschka, 1921 (Eupelmidae), Stepanovia eurytomae (Nees, 1834) (Eulophidae) and Pteromalus sp. near bedeguaris (Pteromalidae); the latter two are here recorded for the first time from the Maltese Islands. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/12397 |
| Appears in Collections: | BulESM, 2016, Volume 8 BulESM, 2016, Volume 8 |
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