Dimocarpomyia, a New Oriental Genus of the Tribe Asphondyliini (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Inducing Leaf Galls on Longan (Sapindaceae)

Makoto Tokuda; Junichi Yukawa; Wiwat Suasa-ard

doi:10.1603/0013-8746(2008)101[301:DANOGO]2.0.CO;2

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Makoto Tokuda,^*,** Junichi Yukawa,^*** Wiwat Suasa-ard^****

^*Laboratory of Pest Management Systems, National Agricultural Center for Kyushu Okinawa Region, Kumamoto 861-1192, Japan.
^**Corresponding author: Insect Interaction Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8634, Japan (e-mail: tokudam@affrc.go.jp).
^***Entomological Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan.
^****National Biological Control Research Center, Central Regional Center, P.O. Box 1, Kasetsart University Kamphaengsaen Campus, Nakhon-Pathom 73140, Thailand.

Abstract

A new genus Dimocarpomyia belonging to the subtribe Asphondyliina (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae: Asphondyliini) is erected for Dimocarpomyia folicola Tokuda & Yukawa, a new species to science. Morphological features of the male, female, full-grown larva, and pupa are described. The gall midge induces obovoid galls on the lower surface of leaves of longan, Dimocarpus longan (Sapindaceae), in Thailand.

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Makoto Tokuda, Junichi Yukawa, and Wiwat Suasa-ard "Dimocarpomyia, a New Oriental Genus of the Tribe Asphondyliini (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Inducing Leaf Galls on Longan (Sapindaceae)," Annals of the Entomological Society of America 101(2), 301-306, (1 March 2008). https://doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2008)101[301:DANOGO]2.0.CO;2

Received: 30 July 2007; Accepted: 1 November 2007; Published: 1 March 2008