Tanaostigmodes sp. (genus) (Undescribed)
2 Bossiaea gall wasp at Mount Clear, ACT
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| Tanaostigmodes sp. (genus) (Undescribed) | RogerF | 4 Mar 2017 | |
| Tanaostigmodes sp. (genus) (Undescribed) | MichaelBedingfield | 4 Mar 2017 | |
| Unverified | KenT | 7 Nov 2016 |
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Significant sighting
MichaelBedingfield noted:
5 Mar 2017
This is a new and undescribed species, genus Tanaostigmodes (family Tanaostigmatidae), a Bossiaea gall wasp. See comments.
User's notes
Length of pink structures 560-720µm and width 32-36µm. Microscope images with 10x and 20x objectives
12 comments
8 Nov 2016
I'm guessing its a myxomycete, but even after looking at a small piece under a microscope I still don't have a clue.
11 Nov 2016
I wonder if it's a gall. Long ago (over more than one year) I saw masses of such crimson things on shrubs in the Mt Ginini area and my recollection is that a dissection showed what I'd found to be a gall. From recollection they were confined to one of the pea flowers (Bossiaea comes to mind but I may be mis-remembering my identificationof the host). The striking colour made it very easy to see them froim a distance.
15 Nov 2016
I've moved the sighting into the Unidentified Insects section for others to look at.
21 Nov 2016
While looking for something else I came across a photo like this in Roger Farrow's 'Insects of south-eastern Australia'. See page 158, where the galls are attributed to a wasp of the Chalcidoidea - and they are on a Bossiaea!
23 Nov 2016
Heino, thanks for persisting with this. I now suspect it could be a gall perhaps either a mite or small wasp. Unfortunately since I found this I've been fighting the dreaded lurgy - its well ahead on points but I'm beginning to stage a come back. Anyway I've been unable to get out to have a further more in depth look, maybe in a week or two.
25 Dec 2016
Hi guys
I have found a very good reference to this in the latest BowerBird newsletter (author Ken Walker):
See pages 17 & 18 of:
http://researchdata.museum.vic.gov.au/BowerBird_Bugle/Edition_49.pdf
In the accompanying photo the galls are also on a Bossiaea at higher altitudes, attributed to an unknown wasp, and also refer to Roger Farrow's book.
I have found a very good reference to this in the latest BowerBird newsletter (author Ken Walker):
See pages 17 & 18 of:
http://researchdata.museum.vic.gov.au/BowerBird_Bugle/Edition_49.pdf
In the accompanying photo the galls are also on a Bossiaea at higher altitudes, attributed to an unknown wasp, and also refer to Roger Farrow's book.
26 Dec 2016
Thanks Michael, hopefully someone will send him a specimen and perhaps he will be able to rear out the invertebrate, but I wonder if a dying plant part will still support a developing parasite.
27 Dec 2016
Its a common insect induced gall on found on bossiaea foliosa but to date I have not succeeded in rearing the culprit out but still trying. As Ken says you need a mature gall to allow the inducer to complete development and emerge. Another method would be to put a sleeve around the gall to trap anything that emerges although this may also include hyper parasites.
4 Mar 2017
Ken Walker has succeeded in rearing the Bossiaea gall wasp and has identified it to genus. It is a new species of Tanaostigmodes (family Tanaostigmatidae). He will work with Dr John LaSalle to describe and write a paper on the new species and give it a name. See Ken’s excellent and detailed essay on the subject in the BowerBird newsletter at:-
http://researchdata.museum.vic.gov.au/BowerBird_Bugle/Edition_50.pdf
I have made a new suggestion for the ID.
http://researchdata.museum.vic.gov.au/BowerBird_Bugle/Edition_50.pdf
I have made a new suggestion for the ID.
12 Apr 2023
Unfortunately Dr John LaSalle died in a head-on car crash in 2018 ....... https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6016608/internationally-respected-canberra-scientist-killed-in-head-on-crash/
Location information
- Coordinates 148.983639-35.891222
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Mount Clear, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 3 Nov 2016 10:32 AM Recorded on
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- Significant KenT Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Tanaostigmodes sp. (genus) (Undescribed) Parasitic wasps (numerous families) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects
Species information
- Tanaostigmodes sp. (genus) (Undescribed) Scientific name
- Bossiaea gall wasp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1631.63m Recorded at altitude
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