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<emphasis id="B922EAF6E270BF5AFF58685779F9FBD2" bold="true" box="[151,395,1066,1092]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Houardiella gracilis</emphasis>
Dorchin and Freidberg
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,
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Adult.
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(
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): Eye facets circular, gap between eyes on vertex 01 times as wide as facet. Palpus 1- segmented, tapered, setulose. Antenna: cylindrical flagellomeres and sinuous circumfila as in
<taxonomicName id="4C564D67E270BF5AFAC668E07DEEFB20" box="[1289,1436,1181,1206]" class="Insecta" family="Cecidomyiidae" genus="Asphondylia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B922EAF6E270BF5AFAC668E07DEEFB20" box="[1289,1436,1181,1206]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Asphondylia</emphasis>
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(
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).
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<emphasis id="B922EAF6E270BF5AFF0968907969FA90" box="[198,283,1261,1286]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Thorax</emphasis>
: Wing: length
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in females (n=17),
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in males (n=15); transparent; veins Sc and R5 join C at wing mid length, and at wing apex, respectively. Cu forked, very weak. Legs: Claws evenly curved, untoothed on all legs; empodia extend much beyond bend of claw (
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).
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<emphasis id="B922EAF6E270BF5AFF09691579E0FA17" box="[198,402,1384,1409]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Female abdomen</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="136D2A61E270BF5AFE6C6915798FFA14" box="[419,509,1384,1410]" captionStart="FIGURES 36 44" captionStartId="13.[151,269,1824,1848]" captionTargetBox="[230,1352,192,1782]" captionTargetId="figure@13.[151,1436,179,1815]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURES 36 44. Houardiella gracilis. 36. Head. 37. Flagellomeres 3 4, male (left), female (right). 38. Acropod. 39. Female abdomen, lateral. 40. Segments 7 8 of male abdomen. Houardiella gracilis. 41. Male terminalia, dorsal. 42. Pupa head, ventral 43. Pupa head, lateral. 44. Comparison of male terminalia between Houardiella distincta (left) and H. gracilis (right). Scale bars = 0.1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/184991/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Fig. 39</figureCitation>
): General color orange, with sparse white hairs. Tergites 27 rectangular, with posterior and median rows or groups of setae and evenly distributed scales; trichoid sensilla not detectable. Tergite 8 weakly sclerotized, without strong setae. Sternites 26 rectangular, each with posterior row of setae and evenly scattered scales and setae on entire surface. Sternite 7 elongated, with posterior group of stronger setae and evenly scattered scales and setae on entire surface. Ovipositor: Sclerotized part of ovipositor 2.63.0 times as long as sternite 7 (n=14).
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<emphasis id="B922EAF6E270BF5AFF096A257904F9E7" box="[198,374,1624,1649]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Male abdomen</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="136D2A61E270BF5AFE486A257992F9E4" box="[391,480,1624,1650]" captionStart="FIGURES 36 44" captionStartId="13.[151,269,1824,1848]" captionTargetBox="[230,1352,192,1782]" captionTargetId="figure@13.[151,1436,179,1815]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURES 36 44. Houardiella gracilis. 36. Head. 37. Flagellomeres 3 4, male (left), female (right). 38. Acropod. 39. Female abdomen, lateral. 40. Segments 7 8 of male abdomen. Houardiella gracilis. 41. Male terminalia, dorsal. 42. Pupa head, ventral 43. Pupa head, lateral. 44. Comparison of male terminalia between Houardiella distincta (left) and H. gracilis (right). Scale bars = 0.1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/184991/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Fig. 40</figureCitation>
): General color as in female. Tergites 17 with posterior row of setae and evenly covered by setulae; tergite 8 sclerotized only proximally, with no or few setae; trichoid sensilla not detectable. Sternites 27 with evenly scattered setae on entire surface. Sternite 8 smaller than preceding sternites, with evenly scattered setae. Terminalia (
<figureCitation id="136D2A61E270BF5AFDF76AAD7AF8F97C" box="[568,650,1744,1770]" captionStart="FIGURES 36 44" captionStartId="13.[151,269,1824,1848]" captionTargetBox="[230,1352,192,1782]" captionTargetId="figure@13.[151,1436,179,1815]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURES 36 44. Houardiella gracilis. 36. Head. 37. Flagellomeres 3 4, male (left), female (right). 38. Acropod. 39. Female abdomen, lateral. 40. Segments 7 8 of male abdomen. Houardiella gracilis. 41. Male terminalia, dorsal. 42. Pupa head, ventral 43. Pupa head, lateral. 44. Comparison of male terminalia between Houardiella distincta (left) and H. gracilis (right). Scale bars = 0.1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/184991/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Fig 41</figureCitation>
): Gonocoxite robust, widest at distal third, evenly setose ventrally and on sclerotized dorsal part, with dense long setae along median edge, depression around gonostylus, and small posterior projection. Gonostylus teardrop-shaped, with single, entire tooth, evenly setulose, with many evenly scattered long setae. Cerci separated almost to base, evenly setose and setulose. Hypoproct deeply notched, evenly setulose. Paramere smooth, about 0.3 times as long as aedeagus. Aedeagus tapered and apically rounded.
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<paragraph id="8BE936E4E270BF5AFF096BBD79D1F84C" blockId="11.[151,1437,1141,2010]" box="[198,419,1984,2010]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Larva. Unknown</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE936E4E277BF5DFF096CE57D46FEC4" blockId="12.[151,1436,152,1938]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
Pupa. (
<figureCitation id="136D2A61E277BF5DFED86CE579D6FF24" box="[279,420,152,178]" captionStart="FIGURES 36 44" captionStartId="13.[151,269,1824,1848]" captionTargetBox="[230,1352,192,1782]" captionTargetId="figure@13.[151,1436,179,1815]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURES 36 44. Houardiella gracilis. 36. Head. 37. Flagellomeres 3 4, male (left), female (right). 38. Acropod. 39. Female abdomen, lateral. 40. Segments 7 8 of male abdomen. Houardiella gracilis. 41. Male terminalia, dorsal. 42. Pupa head, ventral 43. Pupa head, lateral. 44. Comparison of male terminalia between Houardiella distincta (left) and H. gracilis (right). Scale bars = 0.1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/184991/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Figs. 4243</figureCitation>
) Antennal horns prominent, straight, tapered, divided into two small lobes apically in ventral view, pointed anteriorly. Two well developed facial horns on upper part of eyes, slightly curved anterodorsally. Three lower facial horns arranged in upside-down triangle; median horn much larger than lateral horns, pointed anterodorsally; lateral horns small and pointed. Cephalic seta very short, on slightly elevated base. Dorsum of abdominal segments each with two rows of strong, posteriorly directed barbs.
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<typeStatus id="54ED8846E277BF5DFF096D1D7941FEEC" box="[198,307,352,378]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
ɗ,
<collectingCountry id="F3417674E277BF5DFEBC6D1D79C5FEEC" box="[371,439,352,378]" name="Israel" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Israel</collectingCountry>
,
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,
<date id="FFE81024E277BF5DFDDD6D1D7ADCFEEC" box="[530,686,352,378]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" value="2002-08-12">12.VIII.2002</date>
, N. Dorchin and A. Freidberg, reared from
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<emphasis id="B922EAF6E277BF5DFB646D1D796DFE37" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Arthrocnemum macrostachyum</emphasis>
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stem.
</paragraph>
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<typeStatus id="54ED8846E277BF5DFF096DCD794AFE5C" box="[198,312,432,458]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
All material from
<collectingCountry id="F3417674E277BF5DFDF86DCD7A09FE5C" box="[567,635,432,458]" name="Israel" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Israel</collectingCountry>
,
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, reared by N. Dorchin from
<taxonomicName id="4C564D67E277BF5DFBE46DCD7DEEFE5F" box="[1067,1436,432,457]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Amaranthaceae" genus="Arthrocnemum" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="macrostachyum">
<emphasis id="B922EAF6E277BF5DFBE46DCD7DEEFE5F" box="[1067,1436,432,457]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Arthrocnemum macrostachyum</emphasis>
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stems, unless otherwise noted. 2Ψ, 1ɗ, same data as
<typeStatus id="54ED8846E277BF5DFCD76DA57BF0FE64" box="[792,898,472,498]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
; 1Ψ, 1ɗ,
<date id="FFE81024E277BF5DFC386DA57C07FE64" box="[1015,1141,472,498]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" value="1995-02-10">10.II.1995</date>
; 1Ψ, 3ɗ,
<date id="FFE81024E277BF5DFB246DA57D11FE64" box="[1259,1379,472,498]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" value="1995-03-03">3.III.1995</date>
; 1Ψ,
<date id="FFE81024E277BF5DFF586E7D797FFD8C" box="[151,269,512,538]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" value="1995-04-07">7.IV.1995</date>
; 5Ψ,
<date id="FFE81024E277BF5DFE816E7D7990FD8C" box="[334,482,512,538]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" value="1996-07-20">20.VII.1996</date>
; 1ɗ,
<date id="FFE81024E277BF5DFDED6E7D7AC2FD8C" box="[546,688,512,538]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" value="1998-08-01">1.VIII.1998</date>
; 4Ψ, 2ɗ, 2 exuviae,
<date id="FFE81024E277BF5DFC676E7D7C48FD8C" box="[936,1082,512,538]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" value="2002-07-20">20.VII.2002</date>
, N. Dorchin &amp; A. Dorchin; 5Ψ, 4ɗ, Deir Hajla,
<date id="FFE81024E277BF5DFE9F6E5579A5FDD4" box="[336,471,552,578]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" value="2004-03-16">16.III.2004</date>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE936E4E277BF5DFF096E2D7C75FDFC" blockId="12.[151,1436,152,1938]" box="[198,1031,592,618]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
Distribution.
<collectingCountry id="F3417674E277BF5DFEB76E2D79CBFDFC" box="[376,441,592,618]" name="Israel" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Israel</collectingCountry>
(
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salt marsh, Atlit, Northern Dead Sea area).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE936E4E277BF5DFF096E057C06FD04" blockId="12.[151,1436,152,1938]" box="[198,1140,632,658]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Etymology. The species name refers to the relatively small and delicate adults.</paragraph>
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Biology. Larvae develop singly in chambers inside stems of
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<emphasis id="B922EAF6E277BF5DFC166EDD7D3EFD2F" box="[985,1356,672,697]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Arthrocnemum macrostachyum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Each chamber occupies a single stem joint that is very slightly inflated and does not differ considerably from normal joints. Infestation was only recognized once adults had emerged, at which point we found emergence holes and exuviae protruding from the stems (
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). Adults emerged from plants during spring and summer (FebruaryApril and JulyAugust), suggesting that the species completes at least two generations a year.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE936E4E277BF5DFF096F157D3FFA24" blockId="12.[151,1436,152,1938]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
Remarks. The genus
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<emphasis id="B922EAF6E277BF5DFE136F157A18FC17" box="[476,618,872,897]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Houardiella</emphasis>
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contains two species
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<emphasis id="B922EAF6E277BF5DFC466F157C41FC17" box="[905,1075,872,897]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">H. salicorniae</emphasis>
Kieffer
</taxonomicName>
from
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<emphasis id="B922EAF6E277BF5DFB136F1578BFFC3F" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Salicornia fruticosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in
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and
<collectingCountry id="F3417674E277BF5DFE4B6FED79BAFC3C" box="[388,456,912,938]" name="Libya" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Libya</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFC74B15E277BF5DFE176FED7A06FC3C" author="Kieffer" box="[472,628,912,938]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" refString="Kieffer, J. J. (1912) pp. 66 - 67, 69 - 72, 74 - 79, 107 - 108, 126 - 128, In: Houard, C. Les zoocecidies du nord de l'Afrique. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France. 81, 1 - 128." type="journal article" year="1912">Kieffer 1912</bibRefCitation>
), and
<taxonomicName id="4C564D67E277BF5DFD736FED7BBCFC3C" authority="Fedotova" authorityName="Fedotova" box="[700,974,912,938]" class="Insecta" family="Cecidomyiidae" genus="Houardiella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="distincta">
<emphasis id="B922EAF6E277BF5DFD736FED7B34FC3F" box="[700,838,912,937]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">H. distincta</emphasis>
(Fedotova)
</taxonomicName>
from
<taxonomicName id="4C564D67E277BF5DFBD86FED7D42FC3F" box="[1047,1328,912,937]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Amaranthaceae" genus="Kalidium" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="schrenkianum">
<emphasis id="B922EAF6E277BF5DFBD86FED7D42FC3F" box="[1047,1328,912,937]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Kalidium schrenkianum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in
<collectingCountry id="F3417674E277BF5DFA996FED7891FC44" name="Kazakhstan" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Kazakhstan</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFC74B15E277BF5DFF366FC579C7FC44" author="Fedotova" box="[249,437,952,978]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" refString="Fedotova, Z. A. (1984) Gall midges of the tribe Asphondyliini (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) in Kazakhstan. Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Kazakhskoi SSR, Seriya Biologicheskaya 1984 (4), 1 - 8. [in Russian]." type="journal article" year="1984">Fedotova 1984</bibRefCitation>
). The new species is placed in the genus
<taxonomicName id="4C564D67E277BF5DFC016FC57C2EFC47" box="[974,1116,952,977]" class="Insecta" family="Cecidomyiidae" genus="Houardiella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B922EAF6E277BF5DFC016FC57C2EFC47" box="[974,1116,952,977]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Houardiella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as it shares with its two congeners the single-segmented palpus and the shape of the male terminalia: the gonostylus has a single tapered tooth, and the gonocoxite has a distal projection that extends beyond the gonostylus.
<taxonomicName id="4C564D67E277BF5DFB15687578A8FBDF" class="Insecta" family="Cecidomyiidae" genus="Houardiella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="distincta">
<emphasis id="B922EAF6E277BF5DFB15687578A8FBDF" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Houardiella distincta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from the other two species in the very narrow base of the male terminalia, which gives them a heart-shaped appearance (
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). The length of the sclerotized, needle-like part of the ovipositor relative to sternite 9 of the abdomen is a useful measure for comparison among some
<taxonomicName id="4C564D67E277BF5DFC3068FD7CD5FB0C" box="[1023,1191,1152,1178]" class="Insecta" family="Cecidomyiidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Asphondyliini">Asphondyliini</taxonomicName>
species. This ratio is much smaller in
<taxonomicName id="4C564D67E277BF5DFE9368D57997FB57" box="[348,485,1192,1217]" class="Insecta" family="Cecidomyiidae" genus="Houardiella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="distincta">
<emphasis id="B922EAF6E277BF5DFE9368D57997FB57" box="[348,485,1192,1217]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">H. distincta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(1.36, in the single
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we examined) relative to that in
<taxonomicName id="4C564D67E277BF5DFB7568D57D4BFB57" box="[1210,1337,1192,1217]" class="Insecta" family="Cecidomyiidae" genus="Houardiella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gracilis">
<emphasis id="B922EAF6E277BF5DFB7568D57D4BFB57" box="[1210,1337,1192,1217]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">H. gracilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(at least 2.5). Females of
<taxonomicName id="4C564D67E277BF5DFE9368AD7A76FB7F" box="[348,516,1232,1257]" class="Insecta" family="Cecidomyiidae" genus="Baldratia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="salicorniae">
<emphasis id="B922EAF6E277BF5DFE9368AD7A76FB7F" box="[348,516,1232,1257]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">H. salicorniae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have not been described.
<taxonomicName id="4C564D67E277BF5DFCFB68AD7C27FB7F" box="[820,1109,1232,1257]" class="Insecta" family="Cecidomyiidae" genus="Houardiella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="salicorniae">
<emphasis id="B922EAF6E277BF5DFCFB68AD7C27FB7F" box="[820,1109,1232,1257]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Houardiella salicorniae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was described from
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<emphasis id="B922EAF6E277BF5DFAAB68AD7921FA87" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Salicornia fruticosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, a host that is closely related to
<taxonomicName id="4C564D67E277BF5DFD0268857BD7FA87" box="[717,933,1272,1297]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Amaranthaceae" genus="Arthrocnemum" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="macrostachyum">
<emphasis id="B922EAF6E277BF5DFD0268857BD7FA87" box="[717,933,1272,1297]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">A. macrostachyum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and was recorded from a salt-marsh habitat in
<collectingCountry id="F3417674E277BF5DFF2C695D7948FAAC" box="[227,314,1312,1338]" name="Tunisia" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Tunisia</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="F3417674E277BF5DFEB3695D79B2FAAC" box="[380,448,1312,1338]" name="Libya" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Libya</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFC74B15E277BF5DFE1B695D7A06FAAC" author="Kieffer" box="[468,628,1312,1338]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" refString="Kieffer, J. J. (1912) pp. 66 - 67, 69 - 72, 74 - 79, 107 - 108, 126 - 128, In: Houard, C. Les zoocecidies du nord de l'Afrique. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France. 81, 1 - 128." type="journal article" year="1912">Kieffer 1912</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFC74B15E277BF5DFD4A695D7B5AFAAC" author="Houard" box="[645,808,1312,1338]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" refString="Houard, C. (1922) Les Zoocecidies des Plantes d'Afrique, d'Asie et d'Oceeanie, vol. 2. Librairie scientifique Jules Hermann, Paris." type="journal volume" year="1922">Houard 1922</bibRefCitation>
). However, the galls induced by this species differ significantly from those of
<taxonomicName id="4C564D67E277BF5DFE1669357A25FAF7" box="[473,599,1352,1377]" class="Insecta" family="Cecidomyiidae" genus="Houardiella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gracilis">
<emphasis id="B922EAF6E277BF5DFE1669357A25FAF7" box="[473,599,1352,1377]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">H. gracilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, constituting scaly, fusiform, and multi-chambered swellings of lateral stems as opposed to the simple, single-chambered and barely conspicuous galls of
<taxonomicName id="4C564D67E277BF5DFBB2690D7C8EFA1F" box="[1149,1276,1392,1417]" class="Insecta" family="Cecidomyiidae" genus="Houardiella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gracilis">
<emphasis id="B922EAF6E277BF5DFBB2690D7C8EFA1F" box="[1149,1276,1392,1417]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">H. gracilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<taxonomicName id="4C564D67E277BF5DFAC1690D788EFA27" class="Insecta" family="Cecidomyiidae" genus="Houardiella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="distincta">
<emphasis id="B922EAF6E277BF5DFAC1690D788EFA27" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Houardiella distincta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
also induces large and conspicuous galls on its salt-marsh host plant,
<taxonomicName id="4C564D67E277BF5DFBE069E57D34FA27" box="[1071,1350,1432,1457]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Amaranthaceae" genus="Kalidium" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="schrenkianum">
<emphasis id="B922EAF6E277BF5DFBE069E57D34FA27" box="[1071,1350,1432,1457]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Kalidium schrenkianum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE936E4E277BF5DFF0969BD7ADBF9C4" blockId="12.[151,1436,152,1938]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
In
<collectingCountry id="F3417674E277BF5DFF2969BD7958FA4C" box="[230,298,1472,1498]" name="Israel" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Israel</collectingCountry>
, we reared adults of an undescribed
<taxonomicName id="4C564D67E277BF5DFD1C69BD7B13FA4F" box="[723,865,1472,1497]" class="Insecta" family="Cecidomyiidae" genus="Houardiella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B922EAF6E277BF5DFD1C69BD7B13FA4F" box="[723,865,1472,1497]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Houardiella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species from normal-appearing stems of
<taxonomicName id="4C564D67E277BF5DFA8A69BD7943F997" class="Insecta" family="Pyralidae" genus="Anabasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="articulata">
<emphasis id="B922EAF6E277BF5DFA8A69BD7943F997" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Anabasis articulata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the northern Dead Sea area. The adults in this population appear to be morphologically indistinguishable from those of
<taxonomicName id="4C564D67E277BF5DFE186A6D7A24F9BF" box="[471,598,1552,1577]" class="Insecta" family="Cecidomyiidae" genus="Houardiella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gracilis">
<emphasis id="B922EAF6E277BF5DFE186A6D7A24F9BF" box="[471,598,1552,1577]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">H. gracilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and a genetic study is probably needed in order to determine whether that population represents a different species.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE936E4E277BF5DFF096A1D78B8F804" blockId="12.[151,1436,152,1938]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
The genus
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<emphasis id="B922EAF6E277BF5DFE836A1D79A8F9EF" box="[332,474,1632,1657]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Houardiella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
may represent a subgroup within
<taxonomicName id="4C564D67E277BF5DFCB86A1D7C78F9EF" box="[887,1034,1632,1657]" class="Insecta" family="Cecidomyiidae" genus="Asphondylia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B922EAF6E277BF5DFCB86A1D7C78F9EF" box="[887,1034,1632,1657]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Asphondylia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
that is associated with succulent, articulated
<taxonomicName id="4C564D67E277BF5DFED56AF579AEF934" box="[282,476,1672,1698]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Chenopodiaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Chenopodiaceae</taxonomicName>
in salt-marsh habitats. It is noteworthy that a couple of species (
<taxonomicName id="4C564D67E277BF5DFB1C6AF5797EF95F" class="Insecta" family="Cecidomyiidae" genus="Asphondylia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sarcocorniae">
<emphasis id="B922EAF6E277BF5DFB1C6AF5797EF95F" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Asphondylia sarcocorniae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C564D67E277BF5DFE846ACD7999F95F" box="[331,491,1712,1737]" class="Insecta" family="Cecidomyiidae" genus="Asphondylia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="floriformis">
<emphasis id="B922EAF6E277BF5DFE846ACD7999F95F" box="[331,491,1712,1737]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">A. floriformis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) recently described in
<collectingCountry id="F3417674E277BF5DFCCC6ACD7B1DF95C" box="[771,879,1712,1738]" name="Australia" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Australia</collectingCountry>
from such a plant (
<taxonomicName id="4C564D67E277BF5DFBAE6ACD7DE0F95F" box="[1121,1426,1712,1737]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Amaranthaceae" genus="Sarcocornia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="quinqueflora">
<emphasis id="B922EAF6E277BF5DFBAE6ACD7DE0F95F" box="[1121,1426,1712,1737]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Sarcocornia quinqueflora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) exhibit morphological attributes that are intermediate between
<taxonomicName id="4C564D67E277BF5DFC566AA57C5EF967" box="[921,1068,1752,1777]" class="Insecta" family="Cecidomyiidae" genus="Asphondylia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B922EAF6E277BF5DFC566AA57C5EF967" box="[921,1068,1752,1777]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Asphondylia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C564D67E277BF5DFBA26AA57C89F967" box="[1133,1275,1752,1777]" class="Insecta" family="Cecidomyiidae" genus="Houardiella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B922EAF6E277BF5DFBA26AA57C89F967" box="[1133,1275,1752,1777]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Houardiella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, namely one wide tooth on the gonostylus and a rudimentary third palpal segment (Veenstra-Quah et al. 2007). These two species grouped together in a phylogenetic analysis of chenopod-feeding
<taxonomicName id="4C564D67E277BF5DFBE26B557CB2F8D7" box="[1069,1216,1832,1857]" class="Insecta" family="Cecidomyiidae" genus="Asphondylia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B922EAF6E277BF5DFBE26B557CB2F8D7" box="[1069,1216,1832,1857]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Asphondylia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp. in
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(
<bibRefCitation id="EFC74B15E277BF5DFF506B2D7A5AF8FC" author="Kolesik" box="[159,552,1872,1898]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" refString="Kolesik, P. and veenstra-Quah, A. (2008) New gall midge taxa (Diptera: cecidomyiidae) from Australian Chenopodiaceae. Australian Journal of Entomology 47, 213 - 224." type="journal article" year="2008">Kolesik and Veenstra-Quah 2008</bibRefCitation>
) and may represent a transitional state between
<taxonomicName id="4C564D67E277BF5DFBAC6B2D7C84F8FF" box="[1123,1270,1872,1897]" class="Insecta" family="Cecidomyiidae" genus="Asphondylia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B922EAF6E277BF5DFBAC6B2D7C84F8FF" box="[1123,1270,1872,1897]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Asphondylia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C564D67E277BF5DFAFF6B2D78B1F807" class="Insecta" family="Cecidomyiidae" genus="Houardiella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B922EAF6E277BF5DFAFF6B2D78B1F807" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Houardiella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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