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Issue: Vol. 4247 No. 4: 29 Mar. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-03-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4247.4.10
Page range: 487–493
Abstract views: 78
PDF downloaded: 2

A new species of gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) attacking jujube, Ziziphus jujuba in China

Department of Plant Protection, College of Horticulture and Landscape, Tianjin Agricultural University, 22 Jinjing Road, Tianjin, 300384, China
Department of Plant Protection, College of Horticulture and Landscape, Tianjin Agricultural University, 22 Jinjing Road, Tianjin, 300384, China
South Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Integrated Agricultural Pest Management, College of Plant Sciences, Tarim University, Alar, Xinjiang, 843300, China
South Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Integrated Agricultural Pest Management, College of Plant Sciences, Tarim University, Alar, Xinjiang, 843300, China
Department of Plant Protection, College of Horticulture and Landscape, Tianjin Agricultural University, 22 Jinjing Road, Tianjin, 300384, China
Institute of Entomology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071, China
Diptera Dasineura jujubifolia new species Cecidomyiidae Ziziphus jujuba China

Abstract

Dasineura jujubifolia Jiao & Bu, sp. nov., a gall midge feeding on jujube, Ziziphus jujuba Miller (Rhamnaceae), a fruit tree cultivated extensively in large areas of China, is described and illustrated based on specimens collected from Alar (Xinjiang, China). The new gall midge species causes rolled leaf galls on Ziziphus jujuba in Northwestern China. Brief notes on the biology of the jujube gall midge are given.

 

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