Rondaniola bursaria (Bremi, 1847)
(Lighthouse Gall)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRondaniola bursaria (Lighthouse Gall)
TribeOligotrophini (a tribe of gall, rust and aphid midges)
SupertribeLasiopteridi (a supertribe of gall, rust and aphid midges)
SubfamilyCECIDOMYIINAE (a subfamily of gall, rust and aphid midges)
FamilyCECIDOMYIIDAE (wood, gall, rust and aphid midges)
SuperfamilySCIAROIDEA (fungus gnats and gall midges)
InfraorderBibionomorpha (St Mark’s flies, fever flies)
SuborderNEMATOCERA (thread-horned flies, gnat)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Rondaniola bursaria (Lighthouse Gall) :
1: Rondaniola bursaria (Lighthouse Gall)
6 Sep 2007 OSGR: SK37 53° 10’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: Derby (VC 57) England
galls on leaves of Ground Ivy, bearing telia of Puccinia glechomatis
Image 1: Galls bearing telia of Puccinia glechomatis - highly enlargedImage 2: Galls bearing telia of Puccinia glechomatis - magnifiedImage 3: Galls bearing telia of Puccinia glechomatis - magnified (2)Image 4: Galls bearing telia of Puccinia glechomatis - magnified (3)Image 5: Galls on leaf under surface - close-up - enlarged
2: Rondaniola bursaria (Lighthouse Gall)
11 Jul 1998 OSGR: SU88 51° 30’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: Bucks (VC 24) England
lighthouse galls on Ground Ivy leaves
Image 1: Galled leavesImage 2: Galls - close-upImage 3: Galls on leaf top surfaceImage 4: Galls on leaf top surface (2)Image 5: Leaf under surface below galls

Rondaniola bursaria (Lighthouse Gall) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Rondaniola bursaria (Lighthouse Gall)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Rondaniola bursaria (Lighthouse Gall)
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