Euura salicispurpureae Kopelke, 2014

Euura purpureae Kopelke, 1996: 107 –109. Described: ♀, ♂, gall, recorded host: Salix purpurea . Holotype, ♀, SMF [examined]. Type locality: Switzerland, Valais, Oberwald. Preoccupied in Euura by E. purpureae (Cameron, 1884) . Euura salicispurpureae Kopelke in Prous et al. 2014: 53, replacement name for E. purpureae Kopelke.

Variability. Female: Body length: 2.6–4.4mm. Tegula pale to black. Male: 2.9–4.9mm. Female and male: outer orbits and lateral vertex somewhat brown to completely black. Total number of specimens examined: 17.

Genetic data. COI barcode not distinguishable from those of E. myrtilloides, E. salicislapponicae, and E. weiffenbachiella .

Similar species. See under E. atra .

Bionomics. Host plants: Salix purpurea (Kopelke 1996), S. purpurea × viminalis (Liston & Späth 2004), S. purpurea × silesiaca (Beneš 2013) . Biology: Kopelke (1996), Kopelke et al. (2003).

Distribution. North Africa, South and Central Europe, north to Denmark (Taeger et al. 2006). Occurrence in Sweden: not recorded, but may occur.