Two new species of the tribe Alycaulini (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) from Brazil
Author
Urso-Guimarães, Maria Virginia
Permanent address: Laboratório de Sistemática de Diptera, DBio, CCHB, Universidade Federal de São Carlos - Campus Sorocaba, Rodovia João Leme dos Santos, Km 110 - SP- 264, Bairro do Itinga, Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil, 18052 - 780; E-mail: mvirginiaurso @ gmail. com (M. V. U. G.) & Present address: Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo / USP (MZSP), Avenida Nazaré, 481, Ipiranga, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 04263 - 000 * Corresponding author; E-mail: mvirginiaurso @ gmail. com
mvirginiaurso@gmail.com
text
Florida Entomologist
2018
2018-12-01
101
4
603
610
https://bioone.org/journals/florida-entomologist/volume-101/issue-4/024.101.0422/Two-New-Species-of-the-Tribe-Alycaulini-Diptera--Cecidomyiidae/10.1653/024.101.0422.full
journal article
10.1653/024.101.0422
1938-5102
Meunieriella
Kieffer, 1909
Diagnosis
. Adults: palpus 4-segmented; claws toothed; wings: R
1
and R
5
short, almost parallel, R
5
straight, M
4
and Cu
2
present. Male sixth through eighth abdominal segments completely retractable within the anterior part of the abdomen, gonocoxite and gonostylus of male terminalia extremely prolonged and thin; ovipositor elongated and protractible, cercus with simple setae. Pupa: antennal horn with upper and lower spines, upper and lower frontal horn absent, upper cephalic margin thickened laterally; prothoracic spiracle and cephalic papillae long; abdominal dorsal segments with rows of small spicules, without spines. Larva: prothoracic spatula 2-toothed; 1 pair of inner lateral papillae bare and 3 pairs of outer lateral papillae, 8 terminal papillae, 6 with long to very long setae, lower inner setae always severely short- ened (
Möhn 1975
;
Gagné & Etienne 1996
).