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Lasioptera Rubi
''Lasioptera rubi'' (also known as the raspberry gall midge) is a species of gall midge in the family Cecidomyiidae and is found in Europe. It was Species description, first described in 1803 by the Germany, German priest, botanist and entomologist, Franz von Paula Schrank. The larvae feed within the tissue of brambles, creating abnormal plant growths known as galls. Description In the early summer the gall midge lays a cluster of up to forty eggs in young bramble shoots. Rapid Cell proliferation, cell growth of the tissue creates a rounded swelling of 5 x 2 cm in the stem, which sometimes has longitudinal fissures, and contains several irregular cavities with larvae. The cavities are lined with fungal mycelium on which the larvae feed. When young the larvae are white, and later in the summer and winter are orange-red. Usually the gall develops on one side of the shoot, but occasionally spreads to the other side. Initially the gall is green, but changes to reddish-brown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Von Paula Schrank
Franz von Paula Schrank (21 August 1747, in Vornbach – 22 December 1835) was a German priest, botanist and entomologist. He was ordained as a priest in Vienna in 1784, gaining his doctorate in theology two years later. In 1786 he was named chair of mathematics and physics at the lyceum in Amberg, and in 1784 became a professor of botany and zoology at the University of Ingolstadt (later removed to Landshut). at Catholic Encyclopedia Schrank was the first director of the botanical gardens in from 1809 to 1832. Schrank was the first author to use the name '' |
