New gall midges ( D iptera:  C ecidomyiidae) from  P apua  N ew  G uinea | Zendy

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New gall midges ( D iptera: C ecidomyiidae) from P apua N ew G uinea

Author(s) -

Kolesik Peter,

Butterill Philip T

Publication year - 2015

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.12095

Subject(s) - gall , biology , botany

Two new species of gall midges that feed on trees in P apua N ew G uinea are described. The larvae of S chizomyia novoguineensis K olesik sp. nov. transform the flowers of M acaranga aleuritoides ( E uphorbiaceae) into spherical galls preventing sexual reproduction of the host tree. The larvae of R hopalomyia psychotriae K olesik sp. nov. induce pustulate leaf galls on P sychotria ramuensis ( R ubiaceae). Descriptions of adults and immature stages, and DNA sequences of the cytochrome oxidase unit I mitochondrial gene segment, are given for each of the new species.

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