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Issue: Vol. 4442 No. 1: 29 Jun. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-06-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4442.1.12
Page range: 187–193
Abstract views: 107
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of Contarinia (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) damaging inflorescence of Carya cathayensis (Juglandaceae) 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.
School of Forestry and Biotechnology, Zhejiang A & F University, 666 Wusu Road, Lin’an, Hangzhou 311300, China.
School of Forestry and Biotechnology, Zhejiang A & F University, 666 Wusu Road, Lin’an, Hangzhou 311300, China.
School of Forestry and Landscape, Anhui Agricultural University, 130 Changjiangxi Road, Hefei 230036, China.
School of Forestry and Biotechnology, Zhejiang A & F University, 666 Wusu Road, Lin’an, Ha
Ningguo Forestry Bureau, 71 Ningyangdong Road, Ningguo, Xuancheng 242300, China.
School of Forestry and Landscape, Anhui Agricultural University, 130 Changjiangxi Road, Hefei 230036, 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.
Bionomics Limited, 31 Dalgleish Street, Thebarton SA 5031, Australia.
Diptera hickory blossom midge gall midge pest Chinese hickory nut production

Abstract

Chinese hickory, Carya cathayensis Sargent (Juglandaceae), is a tree naturally occurring and industrially grown in China for the nuts that are valued for their taste and nutrient content. Larvae of a previously unknown species of gall midge were found feeding on male and female inflorescences of Carya cathayensis in Zhejiang and Anhui Provinces in eastern China, reducing pollination and fruit development, and causing substantial damage to the nut industry. The new species is named Contarinia caryafloralis Jiao, Bu & Kolesik, its morphology is described, the basic biology is given, and the Cytochrome Oxidase subunit I (COI) mitochondrial gene segment is sequenced. Contarinia caryafloralis is the first gall midge known to feed on a Carya species native to Asia.

 

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