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GALL MIDGES (DIPTERA: CECIDOMYIIDAE) OF THE IBERIAN PENINSULA 125<br />
Rhopalomyia navasi Tavares, 1904<br />
Eudictyomyia navasi (Tavares, 1904)<br />
Misospatha navasi (Tavares, 1904)<br />
Larvae cause very nice, densely white pubescent, galls on Artemisia herba-alba Asso and<br />
A. incana (Asteraceae). Galls are situated on stem sides. Several chambers occur inside one<br />
gall. Occurrence: medium frequent (Fig. 113); Matadepera (Barcelona, 1984, new finding)<br />
leg. Pujade-Villar. References: TAVARES (1904b), COGOLLUDO (1921), VILARRÚBIA<br />
(1936), SKUHRAVÁ et al. (1993), SKUHRAVÝ & SKUHRAVÁ (1999); BELLIDO et al.<br />
(2003). Distribution: Mediterranean.<br />
Rhopalomyia navasina (Tavares, 1919)<br />
Dictyomyia navasina Tavares, 1919a: 26: Spain, Zaragoza<br />
Dictyomyia navasiana Tavares, 1919: in Skuhravá 1986:170 (misspelling)<br />
Larvae cause ovoid bud galls on stems of Santolina chamaecyparissus L. (Asteraceae) of<br />
size 10-14 mm. Occurrence: scarce (Fig. 113); Matadepera (Barcelona, 1984, new finding)<br />
leg. Pujade-Villar. References: TAVARES (1919), COGOLLUDO (1921), SKUHRAVÁ et<br />
al. (1993), SKUHRAVÝ & SKUHRAVÁ (1999), BELLIDO et al. (2003). Distribution:<br />
Mediterranean.<br />
Rhopalomyia producticeps Kieffer, 1912<br />
Larvae cause tubular galls on stems of Artemisia herba-alba Asso (Asteraceae). Inside the<br />
gall it is only one chamber with one larva. Occurrence: very scarce (Fig. 114). Reference:<br />
SKUHRAVÁ et al. (1993), SKUHRAVÝ & SKUHRAVÁ (1999). Distribution: Mediterranean.<br />
Rhopalomyia salsolae (Tavares, 1924)<br />
Misospatha salsolae Tavares, 1924<br />
Rhopalomyia salsolae (Tavares, 1924): Gagné 2004:247<br />
TAVARES (1924) caught a female in glass dish where the galls of Stefaniola salsolae on<br />
Salsola vermiculata were placed. Larvae of R. salsolae are probably inquilines. The female<br />
of R. salsolae differs from the female of R. salsolata mainly by the number of antennal<br />
segments. Occurrence: very scarce (Fig. 114). References: TAVARES (1924), SKUHRAVÁ<br />
et al. (1993), SKUHRAVÝ & SKUHRAVÁ (1999). Distribution: Mediterranean, endemic<br />
to the Iberian Peninsula.<br />
Rhopalomyia salsolata Gagné, 2004<br />
Gagné (2004) gave a new name to Dictyomyia salsolae Tavares, 1924: 42<br />
Tavares (1924) caught a female on Salsola vermiculata L. (Chenopodiaceae), on which was<br />
the gall of Stefaniola salsolae. Nothing more is known. Probably R. salsolata is an inquiline<br />
species. Occurrence: very scarce (Fig. 115). Reference: TAVARES (1924), SKUHRAVÁ et<br />
al. (1993), SKUHRAVÝ & SKUHRAVÁ (1999). Distribution: Mediterranean, endemic to<br />
the Iberian Peninsula.<br />
Rhopalomyia santolinae Tavares, 1902<br />
Larvae cause large whitish spongious galls on stems of Santolina rosmarinifolia L. var. vulgaris<br />
Bss. (Asteraceae). Occurrence: medium frequent (Fig. 115); Matadepera (Barcelona, 1984,<br />
new finding), leg. Pujade-Villar, Santa Coloma (Andorra, 1993) leg. Pujade-Villar. References:<br />
TAVARES (1902b, 1905a, 1921), VILARRÚBIA (1936), SKUHRAVÁ et al. (1993),<br />
SKUHRAVÁ et al. (1996), SKUHRAVÝ & SKUHRAVÁ (1999), BELLIDO et al (2003).<br />
Boln. Asoc. esp. Ent., 30 (1-2): 93-159, 2006