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Generic classification of the fern flies (Diptera: Teratomyzidae) with a larval description
Author(s) -
McALPINE DAVID K.,
KEYZER ROGER G. DE
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
systematic entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1365-3113
pISSN - 0307-6970
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1994.tb00593.x
Subject(s) - biology , frond , subgenus , fern , larva , instar , botany , zoology , taxonomy (biology)
. The seven recognized genera of Teratomyzidae, including the new genera Stepta, Auster, Pous, Camur and Lips , are keyed and described. Vitila is a new subgenus of Teratomyza Malloch. The following five new species are described: Auster pteridii (Australia), Pous manicula (Australia), Camur willii (Brazil), Lips collessi (Australia), Teratomyza ( Vitila ) undulata (Australia). Stepta latipennis is a new combination for Teratomyza latipennis Malloch. Neogeomyza Séguy, 1938 ( Micropachycerina Stuckenberg, 1971, syn.n.) belongs in the Lauxaniidae, not Teratomyzidae. Neogeomyza stenoptera (Stuckenberg, 1971 (from Micropachycerina ) is a new combination. The family Teratomyzidae occurs in the Neotropical, Australasian, Oriental and eastern Palaearctic Regions. The third‐instar larva and puparium of Auster pteridii , both of which live externally on fronds of Pteridium (Filicales: Dennstaedtiaceae), are described. Adults of many species also occur on fern fronds.