Three new genera and three new species of Nearctic Lasiopteridi (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae: Cecidomyiinae) from Asteraceae and Caprifoliaceae, and the tribe Rhopalomyiini subsumed under Oligotrophini
Author
Gagné, Raymond J.
text
Zootaxa
2016
4158
3
403
418
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4158.3.6
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1175-5326
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Chiosperma turgidum
Gagné
,
new species
Figs 6
,
32–41
.
Description.
Adult
: Wing (
Fig. 8
) length: male 5.6–6.0 (n=7, avg.=5.7); female
4.7–5.3 mm
(n=6, avg.=5.1). Head as in
Fig. 33
, palpus 1- or 2-segmented, antennal flagellomeres as in
Figs 34–35
. Acropods as in
Figs 36–37
. Male terminalia as in
Figs 41
–42. Female postabdomen as in
Figs 32
,
39
.
Pupa
. Anterior segments (
Fig. 38
) as in the generic description.
Larva
,
third instar
. Spatula lacking. Length of the one poor specimen, ca.
2.5 mm
.
Material examined
.
HOLOTYPE
: male, from
Symphoricarpos albus
, Spokane
,
Washington
,
25.iv.1997
,
D. Kinateder
.
Paratypes
:
5 males
,
6 females
,
3 pupae
and 1 larva, same data as holotype
.
Etymology
. The specific name
turgidum
(Latin for swollen) refers to the enlargement of host's buds caused by this species.
Life history
. This species is responsible for an elongate, swollen bud gall (
Fig. 3
) on
Symphorocarpos albus
. Buds are enlarged, about
5 mm
wide by
8–10 mm
long, and do not open.