New species of Lopesia Rübsaamen (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) associated with Andira humilis Mart. ex Benth. (Fabaceae)

Autor: Carolina de Almeida Garcia, Valdeir Pereira Lima, Daniéla Cristina Calado, Maria Virginia Urso-Guimarães
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, Vol 61, Iss 3, Pp 239-242 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0085-5626
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbe.2017.06.001
Popis: A new species of Lopesia Rübsaamen, 1908 induces leaf galls on Andira humilis (Fabaceae) in the Cerrado biome (Brazilian savanna) of Bahia, Mato Grosso and São Paulo states, Brazil. Larva, pupa, female, and male of this new species of gall midge are described and illustrated in this paper. Keywords: Cerrado, Gall maker, Insect–plant interaction, Neotropical region, Taxonomy
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