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Abstract: a_1The known gall midge fauna of Iran is composed of 61 species belonging to 33 genera. Thirty six species were recorded for the first time in northern Iran during investigations in the years 2007-2014. The two most species rich genera are Dasineura Rondani, 1840 with eight species and Stefaniola Kieffer, 1913 with six species. Most species are phytophagous and cause galls on various host plants; but Aphidoletes aphidimyza (Rondani, 1847), Diadiplosis sp., Dicrodiplosis manihoti Harris, 1981, Endaphis perfida (Kieffer, 1896), Feltiella acarisuga (Vallot, 1827), Lestodiplosis heterobiae Barnes, 1928 and Lestodiplosis sp. are zoophagous; and Camptodiplosis boleti Kieffer, 1901, Clinodiplosis cilicrus (Kieffer, 1889), Mycodiplosis plasmoparae Rübsaamen, 1906, Asynapta phragmitis Giraud, 1863, Campylomyza flavipes Meigen, 1818, and Micromya lucorum Rondani, 1840, are mycophagous. An annotated list of all species of gall midges and a list of host plants and associated with gall midges are given. Phytophagous species of gall midges are associated with 50 plant species which belong to fifteen plant families; 15 species are associated with Chenopodiaceae, eight species with Salicaceae and seven species with Asteraceae. |
