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The pupa and larva of Asphondylia gennadii (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) and taxonomic implications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Raymond J. Gagné  and
G. M. Orphanides
Raymond J. Gagné*
Affiliation:
Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, USA
G. M. Orphanides
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Nicosia, Republic of Cyprus
*
R.J. Gagné, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA, c/o USNM, NHB-168, Washington, DC 20560, USA.
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Abstract

Pupae and larvae from various recorded hosts of the cecidomyiid Asphondylia gennadii (Marchal), a pest of carob on Cyprus, are found to be anatomically similar. These are redescribed and illustrated. The species appears to be a Palaearctic generalist species analogous to the Nearctic Asphondylia websteri Felt. Asphondylia capsici Barnes (Syn. n.) is considered a new junior synonym of A. gennadii. An unnamed soybean pod gall midge in Japan appears also to be identical to A. gennadii.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 82 , Issue 3 , September 1992 , pp. 313 - 316
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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