Rabdophaga rosacea

Rabdophaga rosacea is a species of gall midge that creates rosette galls on roses found in the central plains of North America.[2][3][4]

Rabdophaga rosacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Genus: Rabdophaga
Species:
R. rosacea
Binomial name
Rabdophaga rosacea
(Felt, 1908)[1]

The species was first described in 1908 by Ephraim Porter Felt from a collection made in Aweme, Manitoba, Canada.[1][5] The holotype, an adult male, is in the collection of the New York State Museum.[5]

Description

The midge causes galls to form on the terminal buds of native roses (Rosa spp.) The galls are tightly packed leafy rosettes with a central cavity.[3][4][2]

Etymology

The genus name 'Rabdophaga' is formed from two Greek roots; rhabdos- meaning a rod or staff[6]and -phaga meaning 'eater'[7] In older references the genus name is spelled 'Rhabdophaga'.[4] The specific name 'rosacea' refers to the genus of plants that are the hosts of the midge.[3][4][2]

Taxonomy

As gall midges are one of the most diverse yet least known group of the true flies, a taxonomic revision of the world fauna of this group is in process.[8] In 2014, it was proposed that Rhadophaga rosacea be placed in Dasineura, a broadly defined polyphyletic genus of gall midges, as Dasineura rosacea.[5] Both Radophaga and Dasineura are within the Tribe Dasineurini, a group of plant feeders that share several physical similarities.[5]

References
  1. "Catalogue of Life : Rabdophaga rosacea (Felt, 1908)". www.catalogueoflife.org. Species 2000/Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  2. Stein, John D.; Kennedy, Patrick Charles (1972). "Key to Shelterbelt Insects in the Northern Great Plains". Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  3. Wong, H.R.; Melvin, J.C.E.; Harper, A.M. (1977). "Common insect and mite galls of the Canadian Prairies" (PDF). Northern Forest Research Centre. pp. 54, 55. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  4. Felt, Ephraim Porter (1916). "New York State Museum Bulletin: Key to American Insect Galls". Albany, N.Y. : University of the State of New York. pp. 148, 154. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  5. Gagné, R.J.; Jaschhof, M. (2017). "A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World" (PDF) (4th ed.). Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  6. "GreekLexicon.org: Dictionary entry for Strong's number 4464: ῥάβδος, Noun, Feminine: a rod, staff". greeklexicon.org. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  7. "-phage | Origin and meaning of suffix -phage by Online Etymology Dictionary". www.etymonline.com. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  8. "The Gall Midge Project | forskning - Station Linné & Porten till Alvaret". www.stationlinne.se. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
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