Journal
ZOOTAXA
Volume 3955, Issue 3, Pages 371-388Publisher
MAGNOLIA PRESS
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3955.3.5
Keywords
fungus; gall tissue; life cycle; mycangia; parasitoid
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- National Science Council of Taiwan [NSC 97-2313-B-005-033-MY3]
- Interchange Association, Japan (Japan-Taiwan Joint Research Program)
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Recent field surveys show that galls induced by Daphnephila spp. (Cecidomyiidae) on Machilus spp. (Lauraceae) are common in Taiwan, yet only five species, four leaf-gall inducers and one stem-gall inducer on M. thunbergii, have been named in the past. Here we describe a new species, Daphnephila urnicola sp. nov. Chiang, Yang & Tokuda, inducing urnshaped galls on leaves of both M. zuihoensis and M. mushaensis. Comparisons of D. urnicola populations on M. zuihoensis and on M. mushaensis, indicate that they belong to one species, a result supported by gall midge morphology, life-history traits, gall shape and structure, the developmental process of gall tissues, fungal associations, and DNA-sequencing data. Size and structure of the gall operculum was found to differ between M. zuihoensis and M. mushahaensis.
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