scholarly journals Lasiopteridi (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) with aciculate ovipositor and larval puparium

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1910 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-26
Author(s):  
KEITH M. Harris

The Acer seed midge, a new species and genus of gall midge, Acumyia acericola (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), is described on the basis of larval, pupal and adult specimens from collections made at Hainault Forest and Lambourne Common, Essex, and other parts of the UK, during 2006–08. The new genus is distinguished from all known genera of Cecidomyiidae by the combination of a larval puparium and an aciculate ovipositor. It is assigned to the supertribe Lasiopteridi and probably belongs in the tribe Dasineurini. Larvae develop in the ovular cavities of field maple, Acer campestre L., and Norway maple, A. platanoides L., and prevent seed development. Observations suggest that this species is biennial, with final instar larvae surviving for at least two years in Acer seeds lying in leaf litter and soil. The species has been recorded from Acer seeds in continental Europe and plant quarantine interceptions in the USA indicate that the same or similar species are present in Japan and China. Two puparia, possibly of this species, were discovered recently in A. palmatum fruits collected in Honshu, northern Japan.

2019 ◽  
Vol 151 (02) ◽  
pp. 149-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayman Khamis Elsayed ◽  
Nami Uechi ◽  
Junichi Yukawa ◽  
Makoto Tokuda

AbstractA gall midge that induces conical leaf galls on wild Vitis Linnaeus (Vitaceae) species in Japan was previously identified based on the gall shape as the Nearctic Schizomyia viticola (Osten Sacken) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae: Cecidomyiinae: Asphondyliini: Schizomyiina). In 2016, leaf galls were newly found on cultivated Vitis coignetiae Pulliat ex Planchon cultivar Suzumi-murasaki and the wild V. coignetiae, Vitis flexuosa Thunberg, and Vitis ficifolia Bunge in northern Japan. Morphological studies of the larvae and adults obtained from the galls revealed that they were an undescribed taxon distinct from the Nearctic species and did not belong to any known genera of Schizomyiina. A new genus, Ampelomyia Elsayed and Tokuda, is erected for Ampelomyia conicocoricis Elsayed and Tokuda new species. The new genus can be distinguished from other genera of Schizomyiina by having ventroapical extension on tarsomere I, the larval abdominal segment VIII with a posterodorsal lobe, and dorsally shifted pair of larval pleural papillae. Molecular phylogenetic analysis supports this taxonomic treatment. In addition, we also place three Vitis-associated Nearctic species in the new genus: Ampelomyia viticola (Osten Sacken) new combination, A. vitiscoryloides (Packard) new combination, and A. vitispomum (Osten Sacken) new combination.


2021 ◽  
Vol 61 ◽  
pp. e20216187
Author(s):  
Barbara Proença ◽  
Valéria Cid Maia

A new gall midge genus, Distinctamyia gen. nov., and a new species Distinctamyia matogrossensis sp. nov. (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) are herein described and illustrated (larvae, pupal exuviae, male and female). The new species induces conical, green, hairy and one chambered galls on leaf and bud of Simarouba amara Aubl. (Simaroubaceae). Gall-inducer specimens, samples of gall and host plant were collected at Parque Nacional da Chapada dos Guimarães, in the state of Mato Grosso (Midwestern Brazil).


Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4482 (1) ◽  
pp. 188 ◽  
Author(s):  
AYMAN KHAMIS ELSAYED ◽  
USUN SHIMIZU-KAYA ◽  
TAKAO ITIOKA ◽  
PAULUS MELENG ◽  
JUNICHI YUKAWA ◽  
...  

We describe a gall midge Macarangamyia itiokai Elsayed & Tokuda gen. n., sp. n. belonging to the subtribe Schizomyiina (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae: Asphondyliini) inducing petiole galls on Macaranga bancana (Miq.) in Lambir Hills National Park, Borneo, Malaysia. The new genus is distinguishable from all known genera of Schizomyiina by the unique dorsally-placed aedeagus slit, the short, membranous, protrusible ovipositor, with scattered strong setae ventrally and dorsally, and the presence of spiracles on all larval thoracic segments. It is compared and separated from its closely related Oriental genera of Schizomyiina. 


2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard S. Kelly ◽  
Andrew J. Ross ◽  
Robert A. Coram

Species previously attributed to Necrotauliidae are revised from the Late Triassic and Early Jurassic of England based on examination of type specimens and non-type material. The necrotauliids have been considered as a basal family of caddisflies (Trichoptera) or as a paraphyletic assemblage of stem-amphiesmenopterans. Herein a new genus, Austaulius, is erected which includes all Lilstock Formation∖Lower Lias material from England; the previously described species are synonymized with A. furcatus and a new species, A. haustrum, is described from the Dorset Coast, the holotype of which preserves synapomorphic traits of the Trichoptera not previously described suggesting that the family is trichopteran. The type genus remains Necrotaulius and type species N. parvulus (Geinitz, 1884) from the type locality of Dobbertin, Germany. One species of Necrotaulius is represented in the UK, N. parvulus, which is found in the Upper Lias.


ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 886 ◽  
pp. 1-59
Author(s):  
Tae Won Jung ◽  
Charles Oliver Coleman ◽  
Seong Myeong Yoon

In this paper, seven new species of the family Photidae from Korean waters are described and illustrated in detail. Among them, Exiliphotis petilasp. nov. is a monotype of the newly reported Exiliphotisgen. nov., which is characterized by slenderer and more elongate pereopods 5–7 than those of other genera of the family Photidae. The genus Latigammaropsis is reported for the first time from Korean waters based on the description of Latigammaropsis careocavatasp. nov., which is differentiated from other Gammaropsis group by having weakly sexual dimorphic gnathopods 2, those have simple palmar margins in both sexes. Three new species of Photis are also described: Photis broncasp. nov., Photis posterolobussp. nov., and Photis longicarpussp. nov. The formerly misidentified Photis longicaudata from Japan and China as well as the Korean material could be classified as a new species, P. broncasp. nov. For that, the syntypes of P. longicaudata were re-examined, and lectotype and paralectotypes were newly designated in this study. Photis broncasp. nov. is characterized by quadrate tooth on the palmar margin medially on gnathopod 2 in both sexes. Photis posterolobussp. nov. shows a pointed posterior lobe on the ischium and a well-developed process of the propodus on male gnathopod 2. Photis longicarpussp. nov. can be distinguished from other species of the genus by very elongate carpus of male gnathopod 1. Two new species belonging to the genus Podoceropsis are also reported: Podoceropsis insinuomanussp. nov. has a strongly bisinuous palmar margin on male gnathopod 2, and Podoceropsis pseudoclavapessp. nov. differs from the closely related species of Podoceropsis clavapes by different shape of the palmar margin and shorter dactylus of male gnathopod 2. Additionally, a key to the Korean species of Photidae is provided.


Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4691 (5) ◽  
pp. 561-574
Author(s):  
DANIEL HEFFERN ◽  
ANTONIO SANTOS-SILVA ◽  
JUAN PABLO BOTERO

A new Mexican state record is provided for Holoaerenica apleta Galileo & Martins, 1987 and a new Honduran record is provided for Antodice sexnotata Franz, 1959 (both Aerenicini). A new Mexican state record is provided for Ptericoptus caudalis Bates, 1880 (Apomecynini). A new record for Panama is provided for Novantinoe hovorei Santos-Silva, 2007 (Disteniidae, Disteniinae). Vandenbergheius celaquensis, gen. nov., sp. nov. (Apomecynini) is described from Honduras; Adetus croton (Apomecynini) is described from the USA (Texas), Mexico (Sonora, Jalisco, Chiapas, Michoacán, Quintana Roo, Tamaulipas, Yucatán, Nuevo León), and Honduras; and Estoloides sinaloana (Desmiphorini) is described from Mexico (Sinaloa). 


Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4612 (3) ◽  
pp. 373
Author(s):  
BOŻENA ŁAGOWSKA ◽  
CHRIS J. HODGSON

A new species of soft scale (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha; Cocccidae) from South Africa, Coccus giliomeei Łagowska & Hodgson sp. n., collected on Gymnosporia buxifolia (L.) Szyszyl, is described and illustrated. Also, Coccus rhodesiensis (Hall) is recorded for the first time from South Africa and is redescribed and illustrated based on the adult females of the type series and fresh South African specimens. An updated key to the species of Coccus and similar species known from Africa is included. Based on this latter study, (i) Marsipococcus proteae (Brain) and M. durbanensis (Brain) are considered not to be congeneric with Marsipococcus marsupialis (Green), the type species of Marsipococcus Cockerell & Bueker, and are placed in a new genus Proteacoccus Łagowska & Hodgson, gen. n. with Lecanium proteae Brain as the type species; (ii) it is considered that Coccus asiaticus Lindinger is clearly not a junior synonym of Parasaissetia nigra (Nietner) and is accepted as a full species, rev. stat., and (iii) Neoplatylecanium adersi (Newstead) is considered to be non-conspecific with N. cinnamomi Takahashi, the type species of Neoplatylecanium Takahashi, and is transferred to Maacoccus Tao & Wong, as Maacoccus adersi (Newstead), comb. n. 


Zootaxa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 1036 (1) ◽  
pp. 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
QING-HAI FAN ◽  
DAVID E. WALTER

A new genus, Mediostigmaeus is proposed for two species, M. citri (Rakha & McCoy, 1984) comb. n. and M. floridanus sp. n. The new genus is similar to Mediolata in having only one pair of subcapitular setae but can be easily distinguished by having the palptibial claw subequal to the palptarsus, and setae c 1 , d 1 , d 2 , e 1 , e 2 , and f 1 situated on individual platelets. The adult female of M. floridanus sp. n., collected from domatia of Vitis sp., Lake Adair, Orlando, Florida, USA can be separated from those of M. citri by chaetotaxy of tarsi and pattern of hysterosomal shield.


2020 ◽  
Vol 94 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.R. Smales ◽  
S.J.R. Allain ◽  
J.W. Wilkinson ◽  
E. Harris

Abstract Pseudoacanthocephalus goodmani n. sp. is described from faecal pellets collected from Sclerophrys gutturalis (Power, 1927), the guttural toad. The species is characterized by a suite of characters, including a proboscis armature of 14–18 longitudinal rows of 4–6 hooks with simple roots, lemnisci longer than the proboscis receptacle, equatorial testes, a cluster of elongated cement glands and eggs without polar prolongations of the middle membrane 72.6–85.8 long. The toad had been accidentally translocated from Mauritius to the UK in a tourist's luggage and survived a washing machine cycle. The guttural toad was introduced into Mauritius from South Africa in 1922 and the cane toad, Rhinella marina (Linneaus, 1758), from South America, between 1936 and 1938. It seems most likely, therefore, that P. goodmani was introduced, with the guttural toad, from South Africa. The cane toad is host to the similar species, Pseudoacanthocephalus lutzi, from the Americas, but P. lutzi has not been recorded from places where the cane toad has been introduced elsewhere. Clearly, the guttural toad is a hardy and adaptable species, although it seems unlikely that it could become established in Northern Europe. Nevertheless, any accidental translocation of hosts poses the potential risk of introducing unwanted pathogens into the environment and should be guarded against.


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