Two new species of Lopesia Rübsaamen (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) from Brazil, with an identification key of species

Alene Ramos Rodrigues; Valéria Cid Maia

Two new species of Lopesia Rübsaamen (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) from Brazil, with an identification key of species

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Alene Ramos Rodrigues Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de Entomologia
Valéria Cid Maia Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de Entomologia

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Lopesia, Burseraceae, Erythroxylaceae, galling insect, restinga, taxonomy

Abstract

Lopesia erythroxyli Rodrigues & Maia and Lopesia maricaensis Rodrigues & Maia, two new species of Cecidomyiidae that induce conical galls on bud of Erythroxylum ovalifolium Peyr (Erythroxylaceae) and on marginal leaf roll of Protium brasiliense (Spr.) Engl. (Burseraceae), are described and ilustrated (larva, pupa, male, and female) based on material from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A key to the known species of Lopesia is given.

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2010-03-01

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Rodrigues, A. R., & Maia, V. C. (2010). Two new species of Lopesia Rübsaamen (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) from Brazil, with an identification key of species. Biota Neotropica, 10(1). Retrieved from //www.biotaneotropica.org.br/BN/article/view/604

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Vol. 10 No. 1 (2010): v10n1

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