Species Cystiphora schmidti (Rübsaamen, 1914)
Chondrilla Gall Midge
- Laubertia schmidti Rübsaamen, E.H. 1914. Cecidomyidenstudien III. Marcellia (Rivista Internazionale di Cecidologia) 13: 88-114 [94].
Type data:
Syntype(s) SMNS 1♂ unknown number of ♀ adults, Grüberg, Poland.
Introduction
Introduced to Australia as a biological control for skeleton weed, Chondrilla sp. (Compositae). Parasitised in Australia by Tetrastichus, Hymenoptera: Eulophidae.
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Nearctic (introduced) and Palaearctic regions..
Introduced.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
Larva: gall-inducer.
Extra Ecological Information
Host plant skeleton weed Chondrilla sp. [Compositae]; introduced into Australia in 1971 as a biological control agent; parasitised in Australia by Tetrastichus sp. (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae).
General References
Caresche, L.A. & Wapshere, A.J. 1975. The Chondrilla gall midge, Cystiphora schmidti (Rübsaamen) (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae). II. Biology and host specificity. Bulletin of Entomological Research 65: 55-64 [55] (biology)
Moore, A.D. 1987. Effects of temperature and length of photophase on development and diapause in Cystiphora schmidti (Rübssamen) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 26: 349-354 [349] (biology)
Moore, A.D. 1989. Phenology of a native Tetrastichus sp. (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) as a parasitoid of the introduced gall midge Cystiphora schmidti (Rübsaamen) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 28: 63-68 [63] (biology)
Moore, A.D. 1991. Gall formation on the different forms of skeleton weed by Cystiphora schmidti Rübsaamen (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 30: 237-238 [237] (biology)
Wehling, W.F. & Piper, G.L. 1988. Efficacy diminution of the rush skeletonweed gall midge, Cystiphora schmidti (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), by an indigenous parasitoid. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 64: 83-85 [83] (biology)
History of changes
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| 16-Nov-2011 | 16-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |