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<emphasis id="BD9FEACDFFC2E31FFF01F9555BC03BA2" bold="true" box="[151,404,1719,1745]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Rhopalomyia guttata</emphasis>
Dorchin
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Adult: Antenna with 1618 flagellomeres in male,
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female; last flagellomere tapered, longer than preceding, or “budding” from it (
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); necks of male flagellomeres IIIVII 0.360.67 times as long as nodes; female flagellomeres without necks. Palpus 2-segmented; first segment only slightly longer than wide, second segment at least twice as long as first, rounded apically, setulose, with several long setae and elongate, dark scales (
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). Wing length
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female, covered by dark, hair-like scales. Legs densely covered by brown scales. Claws untoothed; empodia longer than claws. Male abdomen: tergites 17 with posterior row of setae, band of setae mesally, and a pair of anterior trichoid sensilla, weakly sclerotized between mesal and posterior rows of setae; tergite 8 without setae. Sternites weakly sclerotized, with posterior row and mesal group of setae and pair of anterior trichoid sensilla. Male terminalia (
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): cylindrical, rounded proximally, with setose mediobasal lobe; gonocoxal apodeme undivided, with small, anterior projection; gonostylus short and wide, narrows only slightly toward apex, setose and setulose throughout, with brush-like tooth; aedeagus cylindrical, rounded apically; hypoproct entire or with very shallow apical notch, setose and setulose; cerci separated by deep triangular notch, setose and setulose. Female abdomen (Fig. 28): tergite 8 Y-shaped, proximal arms about third the length of shaft, each with anterior trichoid sensillum; tergite 7 rectangular, weakly sclerotized along margins, with two anterior trichoid sensilla, several rows of setae posteriorly, and groups of setae mesolaterally; sternites with two adjacent trichoid sensilla anteriorly, band of setae on proximal half and row of setae posteriorly, unsclerotized between proximal band and posterior groups of setae; ovipositor 10.712.6 times as long as tergite 7.
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<emphasis id="BD9FEACDFFC1E31CFE11FD6D582A3FDB" box="[391,638,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Rhopalomyia guttata</emphasis>
Dorchin.
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, Meriden, CT, Hubbard Pk.,
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, R.J. Gagné, ex. capitulum gall on
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the galls were found by R.J. Gagné in capitula, carried on a pedicel among normal capitula but shorter and hidden by them. The gall is conical-cylindrical, smooth, white to green, or sometimes red, and apically tapering. Each gall contains a single larva. A galled capitulum is wider and harder to the touch than capitula without galls. Galls of
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and
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further differ from those of
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in being onion-shaped rather than cylindrical, and the galls of
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, although cylindrical, lack the pedicel and the tapering apex that are present in galls of
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<emphasis id="BD9FEACDFFC1E31CFCC1FBF3599F3959" box="[855,971,1041,1066]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">R. guttata</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="BD9FEACDFFC1E31CFF50FBD55B033922" bold="true" box="[198,343,1079,1105]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Etymology:</emphasis>
The species is named after its droplet-shaped galls.
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<emphasis id="BD9FEACDFFC1E31CFF50FBBC5B16390B" bold="true" box="[198,322,1118,1144]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Remarks:</emphasis>
This is one of the smallest species of
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<emphasis id="BD9FEACDFFC1E31CFD6CFBBD59C2390B" box="[762,918,1119,1144]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Rhopalomyia</emphasis>
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on goldenrods, but females have the longest ovipositor relative to their body size. It generally resembles the other species that develop in capitula
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<emphasis id="BD9FEACDFFC1E31CFA14FB675B4239B6" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">R. anthophila</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="BD9FEACDFFC1E31CFEB3FB4E5BFA39B6" box="[293,430,1196,1221]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">R. cruziana</emphasis>
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, and
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<emphasis id="BD9FEACDFFC1E31CFE66FB4E58C139B6" box="[496,661,1196,1221]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">R. racemicola</emphasis>
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, whose females are difficult to distinguish from each other, other than the fact that
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<emphasis id="BD9FEACDFFC1E31CFEF6FB315BB2399F" box="[352,486,1235,1260]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">R. cruziana</emphasis>
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has an exceptionally short ovipositor. Males of
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<emphasis id="BD9FEACDFFC1E31CFB82FB315ED3399F" box="[1044,1159,1235,1260]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">R. guttata</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="BD9FEACDFFC1E31CFB29FB315F0A399F" box="[1215,1374,1235,1260]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">R. anthophila</emphasis>
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have proximally rounded gonocoxites as opposed to the proximally angular gonocoxites of
<emphasis id="BD9FEACDFFC1E31CFB15FB1B5F793861" box="[1155,1325,1273,1298]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
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,
</emphasis>
whereas,
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<emphasis id="BD9FEACDFFC1E31CFF01FAC25B6E384A" box="[151,314,1312,1337]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">R. anthophila</emphasis>
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is unique for the meso-apical projection of the gonocoxite that is absent in all other capitulagalling species.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8F5436DFFFC1E31CFF50FA8F5FDE3888" blockId="14.[151,1437,152,1531]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
The galls of
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<emphasis id="BD9FEACDFFC1E31CFECEFA8F5B9F38F5" box="[344,459,1389,1414]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">R. guttata</emphasis>
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were found on silverrod (
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<emphasis id="BD9FEACDFFC1E31CFD6FFA8F593D38F5" box="[761,873,1389,1414]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">S. bicolor</emphasis>
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) in Connecticut but not in Pennsylvania or New York. It is possible that the galls escaped our attention on silverrod and possibly on other
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<emphasis id="BD9FEACDFFC1E31CFB5AFA765F6238DE" box="[1228,1334,1428,1453]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Solidago</emphasis>
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species, given their small size and being hidden among normal capitula. Dry galls that appear similar to those of
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<emphasis id="BD9FEACDFFC1E31CFA14FA595ABE3889" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">R. guttata</emphasis>
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have been recorded from
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<emphasis id="BD9FEACDFFC1E31CFD8AFA0358F03889" box="[540,676,1505,1530]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">S. altissima</emphasis>
(
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)
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but no adult gall midges were reared from them.
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</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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