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Herbarium collections - an invaluable resource for gall midge taxonomists

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posted on 2012-01-01, 00:00 authored by Anneke VeenstraAnneke Veenstra
Dasineura tomentosa is a gall midge inducing distinctive galls on Leptospermum laevigatum. An efficient way of determining the geographic distribution of a gall midge is to examine herbarium specimens for the presence of galls inadvertently collected with the plant specimen. Of the 446 herbarium specimens of L. laevigatum examined 40 had galls caused by D. tomentosa, and two of the three galls examined in detail contained a parasitoid wasp. Despite some limitations, herbarium collections are an invaluable resource for insect taxonomists.

History

Journal

Muelleria

Volume

30

Issue

1

Pagination

59 - 64

Publisher

Royal Botanic Gardens (Melbourne)

Location

South Yarra, Vic.

ISSN

0077-1813

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

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