Z. A. Fedotova

New genera and species of gall midges (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) from the Russian Far East.

Number: 125, Pages: 1 - 30

Two new genera and fifteen new species of gall midges are described from Primorskii krai: Ametrodiplosis campanulae sp. n., A . lysimachiae sp. n., A . veronicastrum sp. n., Gynandrobremia salicifoliae sp. n., Mycodiplosis loniceracarpae sp. n., M . pteridiis sp. n., Resseliella salicicola sp. n., Acerovesiculomyia marikovskii gen. et sp. n., Karschomyia sidorenkoi sp. n., Lestodiplosis cacaliae sp. n., L . lonicericola sp. n., L . fimbripetalis sp. n., Contarinia veronicastrum sp. n., Dasineura storozhenkoi sp. n., Vitisiella vesicula Fedotova et Kovalev, gen. et sp. n. All species reared from the galls or from flowers. The data on biology, gall-forming and distribution for new species are given. Campanula cephalotes, Lysimachia davurica, Lonicera maackii, Pteridium aquilinum, Cirsium schantarense and Fimbripetalum radians are firstly recorded as the host-plants for the gall midges.

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