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 | Zendy

Elsayed Ayman Khamis | Zendy; Matsuo Kazunori | Zendy; Kim Wanggyu | Zendy; Uechi Nami | Zendy; Yukawa Junichi | Zendy; Gyoutoku Naohisa | Zendy; Tokuda Makoto | Zendy

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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.

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