Acessibilidade / Reportar erro
Systematics, Morphology and Biogeography • Rev. Bras. entomol. 63 (2) • Apr-Jun 2019 • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rbe.2019.01.002   copy

A new species of Youngomyia Felt from Brazil and new morphological data on Youngomyia pouteriae Maia (Insecta, Diptera, Cecidomyiidae)

Authorship SCIMAGO INSTITUTIONS RANKINGS

Abstract

Youngomyia matogrossensis Proença & Maia a new species of Cecidomyiidae (Insecta: Diptera) that induces cylindrical hairy galls on leaves of Pouteria torta (Mart.) Radlk. (Sapotaceae) is herein described and illustrated (larvae, pupal exuviae, male and female). The galler, gall and host plant were collected at Parque Nacional da Chapada dos Guimarães, in the state of Mato Grosso (Brazil). New morphological data and photographs of pupal exuviae, male and female of Youngomyia pouteriae Maia, 2001 are also provided.

Keywords
Cerrado; Galling insect; Gall midge; Morphology; Taxonomy

Sociedade Brasileira De Entomologia Caixa Postal 19030, 81531-980 Curitiba PR Brasil , Tel./Fax: +55 41 3266-0502 - São Paulo - SP - Brazil
E-mail: sbe@ufpr.br
Acompanhe os números deste periódico no seu leitor de RSS