Gall midges (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) associated with Aldina heterophylla Spr. ex Benth. (Fabaceae) from Brazil

Gall midges (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) associated with Aldina heterophylla Spr. ex Benth. (Fabaceae) are recorded. We found three galls morphotypes induced by Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) on leaflets of A. heterophylla. A new species of Cecidomyiidae - Lopesia aldinae is described and ilustrated based on material collected at Reserva Biológica da Campina, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. One inquiline species - Contarinia sp., one predator species - Lestodiplosis sp. and eleven parasitoids species being four Eulophidae species, five Eurytomidae species and two Pteromalidae species were recorded in Lopesia aldinae galls.

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Autores principales: Fernandes,Sheila Patricia Carvalho, Maia,Valéria Cid, Rafael,José Albertino
Formato: Digital revista
Idioma:English
Publicado: Instituto Virtual da Biodiversidade | BIOTA - FAPESP 2010
Acceso en línea:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1676-06032010000100016
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