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Issue: Vol. 1091 No. 1: 5 Dec. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-12-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1091.1.2
Page range: 27–40
Abstract views: 39
PDF downloaded: 3

Two new species of Asphondyliini (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)  associated with Bauhinia brevipes (Fabaceae) in Brazil

Departamento de Entomologia, Museu Nacional, Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão, 20940-040 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Ecologia Evolutiva de Herbívoros Tropicais/DBG, ICB/Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Caixa Postal 486, 30161-970 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Diptera Asphondyliini Cecidomyiidae galhas de insetos taxonomia

Abstract

Asphondylia microcapillata sp. n. and Schizomyia macrocapillata sp. n. are described and illustrated on the basis of the larva, pupa, male, female, and gall. Both species induce leaf galls on Bauhinia brevipes (Fabaceae).

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