Galls and cecidogenic organisms of Ponent from the Antoni Ribes collection

Authors

  • Aitor Martínez Romero
  • Antoni Ribes Escolà
  • Berta Caballero-López
  • Juli Pujade i Villar

  • DOI: 10.2436/20.1502.01.94

Keywords:

Antoni Ribes, Collection, galls, zoocecidia, Ponent, Lleida, Catalonia.

Abstract

The gall collection of Antoni Ribes-Escolà has been reviewed, documented and photographed. It contains 134 different gall-producing species belonging to Diptera, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera and Acariformes orders. The studied collection represents 56 plant species grouped into 23 different families with Fagaceae, Asteraceae and Salicaceae being the most well represented families. It has been identified 10 species not previously reported from the Iberian Peninsula: 4 Diptera (Asphondylia baudysi Vimmer, 1937, Lasioptera ephedricola Cockerell, 1902, Rabdophaga degeerii (Bremi, 1847) and Stefaniella cecconii (Kieffer, 1909)), 2 Hymenoptera (Pontania kriechbaumeri (Konow 1901) and Euura viminalis (Linnaeus 1758)) and 4 Acari (Acalitus brevitarsus (Fockeu, 1890), Aceria cephalonea (Nalepa, 1922), A. myriadeum (Murray, 1877) and A. salviae (Nalepa, 1891)). We have also found 16 species that are first records for Catalonia: 13 Diptera (Asphondylia conglomerata Stefani, 1900; Lipara lucens Meigen, 1830; Oedaspis fissa Löw, 1862; Probruggmanniella phillyreae (Tavares, 1907); Psectrosema tamaricis (Stefani, 1902); Rabdophaga clavifex (Kieffer, 1891); R. rosaria (Loew, 1850); Rhopalomyia ambrosinae Gagne, 2004; R. producticeps Kieffer, 1912; R. tubifex (Bouché, 1847); Stefaniella brevipalpis Kieffer, 1898; Stefaniola bilobata (Kieffer, 1913) and Xerephedromyia ustjurtensis Fedotova, 1992), 2 Hemiptera (Hayhurstia atriplicis (Linnaeus, 1761) and Pemphigus immunis Buckton, 1896) and a Hymenoptera (Diastrophus mayri Reinhard, 1876).

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Issue

Vol. 85 (1-4) : 2021

Section

Gea, Flora et Fauna

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