Open AccessDescription of a new species of cecidomyiid (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) predator of mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on sugarcane
Author(s) -
Maria Virgínia Urso-Guimarães,
Maiara Alexandre Cruz,
Nilza Maria Martinelli,
Ana Lúcia Gonzalez Benfatti Peronti
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
papéis avulsos de zoologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.358
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1807-0205
pISSN - 0031-1049
DOI - 10.11606/1807-0205/2020.60.41
Subject(s) - cecidomyiidae , mealybug , hemiptera , biology , nymph , botany , key (lock) , predator , genus , taxonomy (biology) , saccharum officinarum , predation , ecology , gall
Diadiplosis saccharum sp. nov. (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) is described based on male and female prey on nymphs of mealybug Saccharicoccus sacchari (Cockerell) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on Saccharum spp. (Poaceae) in São Paulo State, Brazil. Herein, the genus is composed by 33 species. The key of the eight species of the Diadiplosis distributed in Brazil is updated.