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Pseudasphondylia tominagai, a new gall midge species (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) inducing flower bud galls on Eleutherococcus spinosus (Araliaceae) in Japan

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BIODIVERSITY DATA JOURNAL
Volume 7, Issue -, Pages -

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PENSOFT PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.7.e35673

Keywords

Asphondyliini; Asphondyliina; host-alternation; taxonomic key

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  1. JSPS International Research Fellowship [P19087]
  2. Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [P19087] Funding Source: Austrian Science Fund (FWF)

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Background The genus Pseudasphondylia (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae: Asphondyliini: Asphondyliina) comprises ten Palearctic, Oriental and Australian species associated with various hosts belonging to at least ten plant families. New information A new species, Pseudasphondylia tominagai Elsayed & Tokuda n. sp., that induces flower bud galls on Eleutherococcus spinosus (L.f.) S.Y.Hu (Araliaceae) is described. This species is considered to alternate between host plants seasonally. A key to males of known Pseudasphondylia species is provided.

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