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Issue: Vol. 4482 No. 1: 17 Sept. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-09-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4482.1.10
Page range: 188–196
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A new genus and a new species of Schizomyiina (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae: Asphondyliini) inducing petiole galls on Macaranga bancana (Miq.) in Borneo, Malaysia

Laboratory of Systems Ecology, Faculty of Agriculture, Saga University, Saga 840–8502, Japan. Department of Applied Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, Shimane University. Nishikawatsu 1060, Matsue, Shimane 690–8504, Japan.
Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Yoshida-nihonmatsucho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606–8501, Japan.
Research Development and Innovation Division, Forest Department Sarawak, Kuching, KM 10, Jalan Datuk Amar Stephen Kalong Ningkan, 93250 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.
Entomological Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819–0395, Japan.
Laboratory of Systems Ecology, Faculty of Agriculture, Saga University, Saga 840–8502, Japan.
Diptera Gall midges Cecidomyiidae Asphondyliini Macaranga Sarawak

Abstract

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.

 

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