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CYNIPIDAE, CURCULIONOIDEA E CECIDOMYIIDAE GALLIGENI IN SICILIA: STATO DELLE CONOSCENZE E NUOVI DATI

Settore AGR/11 - Entomologia Generale E ApplicataCYNIPIDAE CYNIPINI SYNERGINI CURCULIONOIDEA CECIDOMYIIDAE GALL MIDGES GALL WASPS
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Rediscovery and identity of Pumilomyia protrahenda De Stefani (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) in Sicily with redescription and reassessment of its taxonomic…

2016

Abstract A population of the gall midge Pumilomyia protrahenda De Stefani, 1919 causing galls on Artemisia arborescens (Asteraceae) was discovered near Palermo (Sicily) in 2008. This species had not been found since 1918. Detailed study of morphological characters of adults, larvae and pupae revealed that Pumilomyia protrahenda belongs to the genus Rhopalomyia Rübsaamen, 1892, tribe Rhopalomyiini. The monotypic genus Pumilomyia De Stefani, 1919 is therefore synonymized under Rhopalomyia Rübsaamen, 1892. Rhopalomyia protrahenda comb. n. is redescribed, with important morphological characters illustrated. Adults have one-segmented palpi, antennae with 12–13 short flagellomeres and long legs w…

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