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A new gall midge of the genus D entifibula ( D iptera: C ecidomyiidae), a predator of the scale insect A ulacaspis australis feeding on mangrove B ruguiera gymnorrhiza
Author(s) -
Kolesik Peter,
De Faveri Stefano
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
austral entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.502
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 2052-1758
pISSN - 2052-174X
DOI - 10.1111/aen.12057
Subject(s) - midge , gall , mangrove , biology , predator , botany , ecology , predation
D entifibula nigroapicalis K olesik sp. nov . , a new species of gall midge, is described whose larvae were found preying on the mangrove scale insect A ulacaspis australis B rimblecombe ( H emiptera: C occoidea: D iaspididae). The mangrove scale was feeding on leaves of the mangrove B ruguiera gymnorrhiza ( R hizophoraceae) in Q ueensland. The new species is the first D entifibula F elt known from A ustralia.