Three new genera and three new species of Lasiopteridi (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on Rubiaceae from Guadeloupe, French West Indies, and a key to genera of Neotropical Lasiopteridi unplaced to tribe
Author
Gagné, Raymond J.
Author
Etienne, Jean
text
Zootaxa
2015
4028
4
511
526
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4028.4.3
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1175-5326
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Anapeza tumida
Gagné
,
new species
Figs. 20–34
Description.
Adult
. Wing (
Fig. 29
), length in male 1.0–
1.2 mm
(n=5), in female
1.1–1.3 mm
(n=5). Antenna (Figs. 20, 24); male with 10-10+ flagellomeres (n=5), female with 10–11 (n=5). Palpus (
Fig. 26
) of 1 segment, slightly longer than wide, with numerous strong setae surpassing length of palpus. Anepimeron with 7–8 setae (n=6). Acropods as in
Figs. 27–28
. Male postabdomen and terminalia as in
Figs. 31–32
. Female postabdomen as in Figs. 21, 33.
Pupa
. (Figs. 22–23). As in the generic description.
Larva, third instar
: Length, 1.0–
1.1 mm
(n=4). White. Spatula and pigmented areas of prothoracic venter as in
Fig. 34
. Integument and papillae as in generic description.
Material examined
.
HOLOTYPE
: male, reared from flat, pustule-like galls on underside of leaves of
Psychotria mapourioides
,
Guadeloupe
, Pointe Noire, Morne-à-Louis,
XII-14-2011
, J. Etienne GR4478, deposited in
NMNH
.
PARATYPES
, all in
NMNH
:
8 males
,
7 females
, 5 pupal exuviae,
4 larvae
, same data as
holotype
;
2 females
, same data as
holotype
except
IV-10-2011
, GR4372;
2 males
,
2 females
, same data as
holotype
except
V-4-2012
, GR4540; and
2 males
and two females, same data as
holotype
except
I-22-2012
, GR4589.
Etymology
. The name
tumida
is a Latin adjective meaning swollen, in reference to the enlarged fused female cerci that cover the entire posterior end of the abdomen.
Life history.
This species forms circular, flat, blisterlike epidermal galls, about
3 mm
in diameter, on the underside of leaves of
Psychotria mapourioides
. Each gall is inhabited by a single larva that pupates in the gall. The pupa pushes its way out of the thin-walled gall and the adult breaks out of the pupa. Adult emergence takes place from 8 to 9 a.m. Several generations occur per year. Galls may be found on the same leaves as those of
Pellacara postica
.