Dasineura saussureae Fedotova, 1996

Fjellberg, Arne & Fedotova, Zoya, 2024, New records of gall midges (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) from Norway, Norwegian Journal of Entomology 71, pp. 8-94 : 63

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15883449
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/58317C7D-B122-FFBE-9D52-DF87E4818116
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Dasineura saussureae Fedotova, 1996
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Dasineura saussureae Fedotova, 1996 View in CoL

Material: STI, Røros: Røros, Granåsen, 62.601000°N 11.456210°E ± 100m, 29 July 2019, LMF, leg. HE, BOLD GoogleMaps : NHMO- ENT-547986,548189, coll. NHMO; FØ, Sør-Varanger: Skjellbekken, 69.36310°N 29.45837°E ± 10m, 25 August 2021, L, leg. AF, coll. Private. GoogleMaps

Biology and notes: The orange larvae live freely among the florets in the capitula of Saussurea latifolia and S. alpina . ( Asteraceae ). Our records are from S. alpina . Infected capitula do not show outward signs of damage. Probably univoltine. Pupation and hibernation in the soil. Our material does not fit this description perfectly, as the larvae collected by us were white rather than orange, even when mature. Skuhravá & Skuhravý (2012) collected the species from S. alpina in Trøndelag county, not very far from one of our localities, and described their larvae as being orange. Sylvén & Lindberg (1998) also described larvae from northern Sweden as being orange. We postulate that there is some variation in the color of the larvae in this species, and that our material

can be referred to Dasineura saussureae , but this may need to be revised later. Our material clearly belongs to Dasineura . This is confirmed by the habitus of the larvae and adults and by DNA barcoding.

Distribution: Only known from Kazakhstan, Norway and Sweden.