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Ambrus, B. ; Hably, L.: Eriopyes daphnogene sp. n. a fossil gall from the Upper Oligocene in Hungary

56 |B. AMBRUS & L. HABLY Fig. 1. The gall formation of Eriophyes daphnogene sp. n. on Daphnogene bilinica (UNG) KVACEK et KNOBLOCH from Baromállás, Hungary, collected by DR. L SKOFLEK. Holotype deposited in Kuny Domokos Múzeum (Tata) (No. 76.4.92.). Photo by B. AMBRUS tation of Palaearctic elements, quite a number of Arctotertier elements also occurred. It is most likely that Daphnogene bilinica participated in the formation of the shrub-level. In the fossil remains of Hungary so far no gall formations have appeared. Thus, it is the first Hungarian find in which definitely we can recognize an Acarina gall formation. In the recent Hungarian fauna the species Eriophyes tetanotrix laevis (NAL.) is quite common; in analogy the proposed new species E. daphnogene sp. n, comes close to this taxon. BÁLDi, T. (1976): A Dunántúli Középhegység és Észak-Magyarország oligocénjének korrelációja. — Föld. Közi., 106 (4): 406-427. HABLY, L. (1977): A Tatabányai-medence felső-oligocén korú flórája. — ELTE, Doctoral Diss. (Manuscript). KiNSEY, A. C. (1919): Fossil Cynipidae. — Psyche, 26: 44. KÜSTER, E. (1911): Die Zoocecidien. Allgemeiner Teil. — Zool. Heft, 61: 159-160. TROTTER, A. (1903): Studi Cecidologici III. Le galle ed i cecidozoi fossili. — Riv. It. di Paleont. 9(1-11): 12-22. Authors' address: tBÉLA AMBRUS DR. LILLA HABLY References Zoological Department Hungarian Natural History Museum H-l

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