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GALL MIDGES (DIPTERA: CECIDOMYIIDAE) OF THE IBERIAN PENINSULA 117<br />

Kiefferia pericarpiicola (Bremi, 1847)<br />

Asphondylia pimpinellae F. Löw, 1877<br />

Larvae change in galls the fruits of Foeniculum officinale All., Laserpitium prutenicum L.,<br />

Petroselinum crispum (Mill.) Fuss (= P. sativum Hffm.), Physospermum cornubiense (L.)<br />

DC. (= P. aquilegiaefolium Koch) (Apiaceae). Occurrence: medium frequent (Fig. 83). References:<br />

TAVARES (1902a, 1905a, 1907a, 1909, 1914), VILARRÚBIA (1936). Distribution:<br />

Euro-Siberian.<br />

Kochiomyia kochiae (Kieffer, 1909)<br />

Rhopalomyia? Koehliae Kieffer, 1909<br />

Larvae cause globular, wooly galls of the size of a pea, at tips of shoots on Bassia prostrata<br />

(L.) Beck in Rchb. (= Kochia prostrata L.) (Chenopodiaceae). In one gall many larvae develop.<br />

Occurrence: very scarce (Fig. 84). References: HOUARD (1906, 1908-1909). Distribution:<br />

European, Pontic-Pannonian.<br />

Lasioptera ariasis Skuhravá & Garcia (in litt.)<br />

Larvae develops and cause damage to fruits of cherries Prunus cerasus L. cultivar ´Picotas´<br />

(Rosaceae). Occurrence: very scarce (Fig. 84); Valle del Jerte in the Province of Cáceres in<br />

Spain in 1995, leg. García (SKUHRAVÁ & GARCÍA, in prep.) Distribution: Mediterranean,<br />

endemic to the Iberian Peninsula.<br />

Lasioptera berlesiana Paoli, 1907<br />

Lasioptera kiefferiana Del Guercio, 1910<br />

Larvae are associated with olive fly (Bactrocera oleae) (Diptera: Tephritidae) on Olea europaea<br />

L. (Oleaceae). Occurrence: very scarce (Fig. 85). References: COGOLLUDO (1921),<br />

TAVARES (1924). Distribution: Mediterranean.<br />

Lasioptera carophila F. Löw, 1874<br />

Larvae cause rounded swellings at the base of primary or secondary umbels on Carum carvi<br />

L., Daucus carota L., Foeniculum officinale All., Bupleurum fruticescens L. and Margotia<br />

gummifera Lge. (Apiaceae). Each gall contains a chamber with one orange-red larva. Occurrence:<br />

frequent (Fig. 85); Matadepera (Barcelona, 1984-2003, new finding), Valls (Tarragona,<br />

2002, new finding), Tàrrega (Lleida, 2001, new finding), Lorca (Murcia, 1996,<br />

new finding), Aracena (Huelva, 1996, new finding). References: TROTTER (1899, 1900),<br />

TAVARES (1902a, 1905a, 1907a), COGOLLUDO (1921), VILARRÚBIA (1936), BELLIDO<br />

et al. (2003). Distribution: European.<br />

Lasioptera eryngii (Vallot, 1829)<br />

Larvae produce swellings of stems on Eryngium campestre L. (Apiaceae). Each swelling<br />

contains many chambers. Occurrence: medium frequent (Fig. 86); El Mascà (Tarragona,<br />

1982, new finding), leg. Pere Luque, and Sant Julià de Lòria and Santa Coloma (Andorra,<br />

1995), leg. J. Pujade-Villar. References: COGOLLUDO (1921), TAVARES (1931), VILAR-<br />

RÚBIA (1936), SKUHRAVÁ et al. (1996), BELLIDO et al (2003). In SKUHRAVÁ et al.<br />

(1996), the asterisk mark was erroneusly placed to the following species. Distribution: sub-<br />

Mediterranean.<br />

Lasioptera populnea Wachtl, 1883<br />

Larvae live as inquilines in galls of Contarinia populi (Rübs.) on leaves of Populus tremula<br />

L. (Salicaceae). Occurrence: very scarce (Fig. 86). Reference: COGOLLUDO (1921). This<br />

Boln. Asoc. esp. Ent., 30 (1-2): 93-159, 2006

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