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

Sheila Patricia Carvalho Fernandes; Valéria Cid Maia; José Albertino Rafael

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

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Sheila Patricia Carvalho Fernandes Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Coordenação de Pesquisas em Entomologia
Valéria Cid Maia Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de Entomologia
José Albertino Rafael Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Coordenação de Pesquisas em Entomologia

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insect galls, campina, Amazon Forest, Lopesia, taxonomy

Abstract

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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2010-03-01

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Fernandes, S. P. C., Maia, V. C., & Rafael, J. A. (2010). Gall midges (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) associated with Aldina heterophylla Spr. ex Benth. (Fabaceae) from Brazil. Biota Neotropica, 10(1). Retrieved from //www.biotaneotropica.org.br/BN/article/view/612

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Vol. 10 No. 1 (2010): v10n1

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