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A new Asphondylia species (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) and a eulophid wasp (Hymenoptera) inducing similar galls on leaf buds of Schoepfia jasminodora (Schoepfiaceae), with reference to their ecological traits and a description of the new gall midge
Author(s) -
Elsayed Ayman Khamis,
Matsuo Kazunori,
Kim Wanggyu,
Uechi Nami,
Yukawa Junichi,
Gyoutoku Naohisa,
Tokuda Makoto
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
entomological science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.536
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1479-8298
pISSN - 1343-8786
DOI - 10.1111/ens.12312
Subject(s) - cecidomyiidae , biology , gall , eulophidae , botany , hymenoptera , voltinism , midge , parasitoid , larva
We report that Asphondylia tojoi Elsayed & Tokuda, sp. nov. (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) and Ceratoneura sp. (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) induce similarly shaped galls on leaf buds of Schoepfia jasminodora Sieb. et Zucc. (Schoepfiaceae). We describe the gall midge species as new to science and report a phylogenetic analysis for known Japanese Asphondylia species. In addition, we describe life histories of the two species, based on monthly surveys during 2015–2017: A. tojoi represents the first example of a monophagous Asphondylia species with a multivoltine life history on a deciduous tree; and Ceratoneura sp. is probably a true gall inducer.