A review of the gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) of Indonesia: taxonomy, biology and adult key to genera
Author
Kolesik, Peter
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Author
Gagné, Raymond J.
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-09-07
4847
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journal article
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Bruggmanniella bursaria
(Felt)
. New combination.
[
Figs 10
f–m]
Asphondylia bursaria
Felt, 1927b: 387
.
Material examined.
Syntypes
,
5 males
,
9 females
and pupa(e) (
NYSM
#a3393), on two slides, reared from stem galls
on
Symplocos fasciculata
Zoll.
collected at
Mt Gede
,
Cibodas
, near
Bogor
,
Java
,
Indonesia
, altitude
1500 m
,
ii-1925
.
The
adults are on two slides, one with
2 males
and
5 females
, the other,
3 males
and
4 females
, all uncleared and mounted laterally.
No
pupa appears on either slide so is evidently lost
.
Description.
Male
. Length
2 mm
(
Felt 1927b
). Wing length
2.5 mm
, width
1.2 mm
(1.2–1.3). Head. Antenna with scape 1.5x longer than wide, 2x length pedicel; pedicel wider than long; flagellomeres
12 in
number, evenly cylindrical, 3x longer than wide, slightly constricted at basal third [
Fig. 10i
]; circumfila comprising four wavy longitudinal bands connected by high loops anteriorly and low loops posteriorly. Palpus 2-segmented, second segment slightly shorter and narrower than first [
Fig. 10j
]. Wing with C ending near wing apex, R
1
ending slightly anteriorly of wing midlength. Tarsal claws simple, narrow, bent at distal third, empodia reaching bend in claws [
Fig.
10g
]; pulvilli minute. Apicoventral spur on first tarsomere robust, short, bent at right angle [
Fig. 10h
]. Gonostylus with two separate teeth, one more pointed than the other [
Fig. 10f
].
Female
. Length
2.5 mm
(
Felt 1927b
). Wing length
2.6 mm
(2.5–2.7), width
1.4 mm
(1.3–1.4). Flagellomeres 10–12 progressively shortened [
Fig.
10m
], circumfila sparse, comprising three wavy longitudinal bands connected by low loops at either end. Needle-like protrusible part of ovipositor about 2x longer than seventh sternite [
Figs 10k, l
].
Pupa
,
larva
unknown.
Remarks
. Known only from the adults,
B. orientalis
could fit in either
Bruggmanniella
or
Pseudasphondylia
, genera defined on the basis of larval and pupal characters (
Gagné 1994
; Elsayed, pers. comm.). We tentatively combine this species with the older generic name,
Bruggmanniella
.
Biology.
Bruggmanniella bursaria
induces a stem gall on
Symplocos fasciculata
(Symplocaceae)
, described and illustrated by DvLR & DvL (1926, gall No. 1216 Fig. 877 [
Fig. 10n
]). On young stems, irregular outgrowths develop that are about
3 mm
across, each containing an oval larval chamber lined with fungal tissue. The galls are often arranged gregariously, giving an appearance of a complex gall
50–100 mm
in length. Affected stems are often bent or curved. Pupation takes place in the gall.
Geographical distribution
. The currently known range comprises three localities in the Bogor area,
Java
(DvLR & DvL 1926): Mt Gede, Cibodas, altitude
1500 m
, collected by M. E. Jacobson
ii-1916
,
ix-1918
,
xii-1918
and
ii-1925
; Mt Panisian, near Bogor, altitude
700 m
,
xii-1923
; Mt Salak, Gunung Bunder, altitude
1000 m
,
viii- 1925
.