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GALL MIDGES (DIPTERA: CECIDOMYIIDAE) OF THE IBERIAN PENINSULA 119
(= Q. humilis Lam.) and Q. pyrenaica Willd. (Fagaceae). The gall is formed of folded leaf
lobe downwards. Occurrence: frequent (Fig. 90); Matadepera (1980-1986, new finding),
El Montseny (Barcelona, 1980-1985, new finding), La Panadella (Lleida, 2002, new finding),
Cornudella del Montsant (1997, new finding), Ventalló (Girona, 1999, new finding),
Engolasters, Juberri, La Massana, Santa Coloma, San Julià de Lòria (Andorra, 1992-1995).
References: TAVARES (1907a, 1909, 1916a, 1931), COGOLLUDO (1921), VILARRÚBIA
(1936), SKUHRAVÁ et al. (1996), BELLIDO et al. (2003). Distribution: European.
Macrodiplosis roboris (Hardy, 1854)
Macrodiplosis volvens Kieffer, 1895
Larvae cause galls on Quercus robur L., Q. petraea Liebl. and Q. pubescens Willd. (= Q.
humilis Lam.) (Fagaceae). The gall is formed of rolled up the leaf margin usually between
lobes. Occurrence: medium frequent (Fig. 90); Matadepera (Barcelona, 1980-1986, new
finding), El Montseny (Barcelona,1980-1985, new finding), La Panadella (Lleida, 2002, new
finding), Santa Coloma and Sant Julià de Lòria (Andorra 1992-1995) leg. Pujade-Villar. References:
TAVARES (1905a, 1907a, 1909, 1921, 1931), VILARRÚBIA (1936), SKUHRAVÁ
et al. (1996), BELLIDO et al. (2003). Distribution: European.
Macrolabis aquilegiae (Kieffer, 1909)
Perrisia aquilegiae Kieffer, 1909
Larvae change in galls the flower buds of Aquilegia vulgaris L. (Ranunculaceae). Nijveldt
(1977) redescribed this species and placed it in the genus Macrolabis Kieffer. Occurrence:
very scarce (Fig. 91). Reference: TROTTER (1902a). Distribution: European.
Macrolabis brunellae Tavares, 1907
Macrolabis brunellae Rübsaamen, 1921, new synonym
Macrolabis ruebsaameni Hedicke, 1938, new synonym
Larvae change into galls the leaf and flower buds of Prunella vulgaris L. (Lamiaceae). Occurrence:
scarce (Fig. 91). References: TAVARES (1907a, 1909, 1919, 1920), COGOLLUDO
(1921). Distribution: Mediterranean. - This species is identical with Macrolabis ruebsaameni
Hedicke, 1938 (as a new name for M. brunellae Rübsaamen, 1921) and they are new synonyms
of M. brunellae Tavares, 1907.
Macrolabis heraclei (Kaltenbach, 1862)
Cecidomyia corrugans F. Löw, 1877
Macrolabis tamujana Tavares, 1922
Larvae cause leaf galls on Heracleum sphondylium L. (Apiaceae). The gall is formed of a
folded and curled leaf. Occurrence: scarce (Fig. 92). Reference: TAVARES (1922). Distribution:
Euro-Siberian.
Macrolabis hippocrepidis Kieffer, 1898
Larvae develop in folded leaflets of Hippocrepis valentina Bss. (Fabaceae). Occurrence: very
scarce (Fig. 92). Reference: TAVARES (1931). Distribution: European.
Macrolabis marteli Kieffer, 1892
Larvae develop in downwards rolled leaf margins of Hypericum perforatum L. (Hypericaceae).
Occurrence: very scarce (Fig. 93); Montseny (Barcelona, 1994) leg. Pujade-Villar. Reference:
SKUHRAVÁ et al. (1996). Distribution: European.
Boln. Asoc. esp. Ent., 30 (1-2): 93-159, 2006