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Issue: Vol. 5271 No. 2: 26 Apr. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-04-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5271.2.14
Page range: 395-400
Abstract views: 504
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A new genus and species of gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae: Cecidomyiidi) with notes on adult cecidomyiid mouthparts and their terminology

Department of Entomology; National Museum of Natural History; Smithsonian Institution MRC-168; P.O. Box 37012; Washington; DC 20013-7012; USA.
Laboratorio de Entomologiìa; Instituto de Diagnoìstico y Referencia Epidemioloìgicos (InDRE); Francisco P. Miranda #177; Unidad Lomas de Plateros; DT. Aìlvaro Obregoìn; 01480; Ciudad de Meìxico; Meìxico.
Diptera gall midges Neotropical Cecidomyiinae mouthpart anatomy and terminology

Abstract

Camillemyia prominens Gagné, gen. n. et sp. n., (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae; Cecidomyiinae) is described for a gall midge from Mexico with an extremely elongate neck and proboscis. The external and internal basic composition of the proboscis of Cecidomyiidae, as exemplified by Cecidomyia resinicola Osten Sacken, is reviewed to help understand the structural changes found in Cam. prominens as compared to those of Contarinia prolixa Gagné & Byers, another species with spectacularly modified mouthparts.

 

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