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Oligotrophus skuhravae (Roskam) (a gall midge)

Suggested Literature

Oligotrophus skuhravae may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)
NEMATOCERA
(thread-horned flies)
CECIDOMYIIDAE
(gall midges)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Oligotrophus skuhravae is associated with:

Photos larva Betula pendula - Silver Birch (Betulaceae) larva causes gall of fruit pedicel Minor Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992 [gall on fruiting pedicel, up to 2mm long, by 1.5mm wide; without window pit]
Photos larva Betula pubescens - Downy Birch (Betulaceae) larva causes gall of fruit pedicel Major Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992 [gall on fruiting pedicel, up to 2mm long, by 1.5mm wide; without window pit]

There may be more taxa associated with Oligotrophus skuhravae listed at higher taxonomic level

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

Associated with Oligotrophus skuhravae:

larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Aprostocetus clavicornis - a chalcid wasp (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) Minor Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992
larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Aprostocetus constrictus - a chalcid wasp (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992
larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Aprostocetus pallipes - a chalcid wasp (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) Major Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992

Oligotrophus skuhravae may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)
NEMATOCERA
(thread-horned flies)
CECIDOMYIIDAE
(gall midges)

References

Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992 Plant Galls

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