Table Of ContentEnt. Tidskr. lll (1996) Notis / Short note
Records of gall midges of the subfamily Lestremiinae
(Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in Sweden
IFynd av gallmyggor av underfamiljen Lestremiinae (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) i Sverige]
BORIS M. MAMAEV
Hedstrrim (1994) has pointed out the lack of during May 2l - July 22 1993. This is the second
knowledge of many groups of Diptera in Sweden. list of species from the material. The first list,
The family Cecidomyiidae is estimated to hold dealing with Porricondylinae, was published in a
about 530 species in Sweden (Hedstrdm 1994) previous issue of Ent. Tidskr. (Mamaev 1995).
and the knowledge of the gallmaking subfamily The material was mostly collected by netting
Cecidomyiinae is fairly good. However, in the over the vegetation. Some species were also bred
subfamilies Lestremiinae and Porricondylinae on- from larvae (Monardia stirpum and Cortintho-
ly a few species have been recorded from Sweden myia breviconris). The larvae of the subfamily
to date. zerterstedt (1850, 1851, 1860) recorded Lestremiinae feed on decayed organic material in
seven species of Lestremiinae from Sweden, soil. dead wood or in fungi.
namely Catarete brevinervis (Zetterstedt, 1851), The collected specimens were mounted in cana-
Lestremia leucophaea (Meigen, l8l8), L. cinerea dian balsam on slides with separated genitalia.
Maquart, 1826, X,-lopriona atra (Meigen, 1804), Altogether about 50 species were recorded in this
Campl-lom1,za bicolor Meigen, 1818, C. flavipes material. Up to now, 28 species are determined of
Meigen, l8l8 and C. pallipes (Zetterstedt, 1850). which 25 are new to Sweden as follows.
Information concerning the distribution of these
Catocha latipes Haliday 1833. DR: Garpenberg,
species was published by Skuhravd (1986). Hengirden l4.Yl ldd . - Anarete candidata Haliday,
In connection with my visit as guest researcher 1833. UP: Uppsala, Lunsen 9.VI ld - Anaretella defec-
at the Department of Plant- and Forest Protection, ta (Winnertz, 1870). UP: Bladiker, Bennebol l6.VII
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in ld. - A. spiraeina (Felt, 1907). DR: Garpenberg, Herr-
Uppsala I had the possibility to collect gall midges girden l4.VI ld. UP: Uppsala, Flogsta 22VII ld. -
in different localities in South and Central Sweden Lestremia cinerea Macquart, 1826. UP: Osthammar,
Fagerdn l3.VII ld. - L. leucophaea (Meigen, l8l8).
UP: Knutby, Herrg6rden l6.VII ld. - Aprionus
aequatus Mamaev, 1963. SK. Osby 25.V ld. - A.
bifitlus Mamaev, 1963. UP: Uppsala, Lunsen 9.VI ld.
DR: Garpenberg, Herrgirden l6.VI 1d. - A. bispinosus
Edwards, 1938. SM: Siggaboda 2l.V 1d. - A. dentifer
Mamaev, 1965. DR: Nis, Griisberger 26.V1 ld. - A.
flavidus (Winnertz, I 870). DR: Garpenberg, Herrgirden
l4.VI ld; Nis, Griisberget 26.VI ld. - A. inquisitor
Mamaev, 1963. DR: Nis, Griisberget 26.VI 3dd. UP:
Uppsala, Flogsta 22.VII ld. - A. spiniger (Kieffer,
1894). DR: Nis, Griisberget 20.VI 2dd.UP: Bladiker,
Bennebol l6.VII ld. Uppsala, Flogsta 22.VII 5dd' -
Bryomyia apsecta Edwards, 1938. SK: Skaralid 22.V
2dd. SM: Siggaboda 2l.V 3dd; Brais 26.V 3dd. UP:
Fig. l. The author during a field trip in an old spruce Bladiker, Bennebol l6.V 5dd; Uppsala, Flogsta 22.VII
forest in Dalarna, Nds, Ticimberget, June i,993. Photo: 2dd. DR: Garpenberg, Herrgirden l4.VI l;d Hlisslen
Bengt Ehnstrdm. l6.VI ld. - B. bergrothi Kieffer, 1895. UP: Uppsala'
Lunsen 9.VI 2dd; Flogsta 22.yll 2dd. DR: Gar-
Fiirfattaren under en exkursion i en gammal granskog i penberg, Herrgi,rden l4.YI23dd; Hiisslen l6.VI 2ddl
Dolarna, Nds, Tjcirnberget, juni 1993. Nis, Griisberget20.Yl 2dd, I.VII 7dd. - B. gibbosa
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Notis / Short note Ent. Tidskr. l17 (1996)
(Felt, 1907). DR: NiLs, Griisberget 26.VI 3dd, I.VII References
13dd; Lindesniis 3.VII 1d. - B, incisa Mamaev, 1963. Hedstrrim, L. 1994. Hur minga arter av flugor och myg-
SK: Skiiralid 22.y 3dd; Hiickeberga 23.V Sddl Osby gor har vi i Sverige ? (How many species of midges
25.V ld. - B. producta (Felt, 1908). SK: Osby 25.Y ld: and flies are there in Sweden ?) - Ent. Tidskr. I l5 (l-
DR: Garpenberg, Herrgirden l4.YI 23dd; Hiisslen 2): t1-22.
l6 VI 3dd; Nis, Griisberget LVII 9dd. - Heterogen- Mamaev, B. M. 1995. Records of gall midges of the
ella hybrida Mamaev, 1963. DR: Nfls, Grlisberget l.VlI subfamily Porricondyl inae (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae)
2dd. - Monardia stirpium Kieffer, 1895. DR: N[s, Frci- in Sweden. - Ent. Tidskr 116: 131-132.
mans holme 1.VII, larvae developed in dead wood of Mamaev, B. M. & Berest, Z. L. 1991. New genus of gall
Alnus inc'ana (l1dd. 1699 were hatched). - Excres- midges of Lestremiinae (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae)
centio mutuata Mamaev & Berest, 1991. SM: from Transcarpatians. - Vestnik Zoologii 5:75-77 . (ln
Siggaboda 2l .Y 2dd. - X1-lopriona monorheca (Ed- Russian.)
wards, 1938). DR: NAs, Griisberget 26.VI 5dd, I.VII Skuhravii, M. 1986. Family Cecidomyiidae. In: Cata-
l5dd. UP: Osthammar, Fagertin l3.VII ld; Knutby, logue of Palaearctic Diptera. Yol. 4:72-297 . Amster-
HerrgiLrden |6.VII ld. - Cantpylomtza flavipes dam (Elsevier).
Meigen, 1818. SM: BraAs 26.V ld. UP: Knutby, Herr- Zetterstedt, J. W. 1850. Diptera Scandinaviae disposita
girden l6.VII 1d. - C. pinetoraru (Edwards, 1938). DR: et descripta 9:3367-37 10. Lund.
NAs, Griisberget 1 VII ld. - Corinthomya brevicornis Zetterstedt, J. W. 1851. Diptera Scandinaviae disposita
(Felt, 1907). SM: Brais 26.y 4dd,399, larvae et descripta | 0:37 I l--4090. Lund.
developed in soil under stump of Picea excelsa in bur- Zetterstedt, J. W. 1860. Diptera Scandinaviae disposita
ned forest. - Peromyia diadema Mamaev, 1963. UP: et descripta l4:6191-6609. Lund.
Knutby, Herrgflrden 16.VII ld; Bladiker, Bennebol
l6.VII ld. - P. perpusilla (Winnertz, 1870). DR: Nis,
Griisberget I.VII ld. - Acoenonia europea Mamaev,
Sammanfattning
1964. SM: Lenhovda 6.VI 3dd, 4?9. UP: Bladiker,
Bennebol l6.VI 1d. I samband med bescik pi olika lokaler i sridra och
mellersta Sverige 1993 insamlades 25 fcir landet
nya arter av gallmyggor. Dessa anges tillsammans
Acknowledgements med fyndlokaler och fynddatum.
I am very grateful to the Swedish Institute, Stockholm,
for the grants that made my trip to Sweden possible.
Many thanks to Bengt Ehnstrom, SLU, Uppsala, who B. M. Mamaev, All Russian Qualification Institute
arranged the different excursions in the field, and to .for Forest Managers and Specialists, Institut-
prof. Edvard Sylv6n, Stockholm, who helped me with skaya str 17, 141 200 Pushkino, Moscow region,
copies of Zetterstedts work. Russia.
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