Geocrypta galii (Loew, 1850)

Fjellberg, Arne & Fedotova, Zoya, 2024, New records of gall midges (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) from Norway, Norwegian Journal of Entomology 71, pp. 8-94 : 67-68

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scientific name

Geocrypta galii (Loew, 1850)
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Geocrypta galii (Loew, 1850) View in CoL

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Material: VE, Faerder: Hvasser, Krukehavn , 59.076776°N 10.452109°E ± 250m, 15 June 2019, L, leg. AF GoogleMaps , coll. NHMO; AK GoogleMaps , Oslo: Gressholmen , 59.885855°N 10.724669°E ± 20m, 1 July 2020, L, leg. HE GoogleMaps , coll. NHMO.

Biology: The orange larvae develop in stem galls on a long range of Galium spp. ( Rubiaceae ). Our records are from G. verum . The galls are bladder-like and colored green to reddish. Several larvae per gall, but each in a separate chamber. Multivoltine; pupation and hibernation in the soil. The species is redescribed in Fedotova (1997).

Distribution: Widespread Palearctic, includ-

ing Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland.

NHMO

Natural History Museum, University of Oslo

AK

Auckland War Memorial Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Cecidomyiidae

Genus

Geocrypta

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