Norellisoma spinimana (Fallén, 1819)
[Diptera: Scathophagidae]


Cordylura spinimana Fallén, 1819. Scaptomyzides Sveciae: 7.
Norellisoma septentrionale Hendel, 1930. Ark. Zool. 21A (18): 2.


Stem borer: Details unknown.

Larva: Details unknown.

Puparium: Details unknown.

Comments: Stubbs in Chandler (1978) did not indicate whether his host records were British or Foreign and are therefore tentatively included under 'Hosts in Britain' and 'Hosts elsewhere'.

Hosts in Britain:

Polygonaceae      
Rumex hydrolapathum Water Dock Robbins, 1991: 70

? Rumex

obtusifolius Broad-leaved Dock Stubbs in Chandler, 1978: 226
? Rumex triangulivalvis Willow-leaved Dock Stubbs in Chandler, 1978: 226

Hosts elsewhere:

Polygonaceae      
Rumex     Hering, 1957

? Rumex

obtusifolius Broad-leaved Dock Stubbs in Chandler, 1978: 226
? Rumex triangulivalvis Willow-leaved Dock Stubbs in Chandler, 1978: 226

Time of year - larvae: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Widespread in Britain including Warwickshire (Sutton Coldfield) (Robbins, 1991: 70); Anglesey, Bedfordshire, Brecon, Buckinghamshire, Caernarvonshire, Cambridgeshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Cumberland, Denbighshire, Derbyshire, Durham, East Gloucestershire, East Norfolk, East Suffolk, East Sussex, Glamorgan, Herefordshire, Huntingdonshire, Merionethshire, Mid-west Yorkshire, Middlesex, Monmouthshire, North Devon, North Ebudes, North Hampshire, Pembrokeshire, Radnorshire, Shropshire, South Lancaster, South Wiltshire, Stafford, Surrey, West Kent, West Lancaster, West Norfolk, West Suffolk, Westmorland and Worcestershire (NBN Gateway - N.B. includes Watsonian Vice Counties having publicly available records that fall within or overlap the vice county border at 10km resolution or better i.e. a record for a vice county may relate to an adjacent vice county - for included datasets see NBN Grid map below).

Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland (de Jong, 2004 in Fauna Europaea).

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Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe, including Andorra, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Russia - North, Slovakia, Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland and The Netherlands (de Jong, 2004 in Fauna Europaea).

NBN interactive distribution map(s) of known host species in Great Britain and Ireland and elsewhere:

Rumex hydrolapathum, Rumex obtusifolius, Rumex triangulivalvis

Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Unknown.



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