A new species of Pseudasphondylia (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) associated with Magnolia kobus DC. var. borealis Sarg. (Magnoliaceae) in Japan

Makoto Tokuda

doi:10.3897/bdj.9.e68016

A new species of Pseudasphondylia (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) associated with Magnolia kobus DC. var. borealis Sarg. (Magnoliaceae) in Japan

Citation

Tokuda M (2021). A new species of Pseudasphondylia (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) associated with Magnolia kobus DC. var. borealis Sarg. (Magnoliaceae) in Japan. Biodiversity Data Journal. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.3897/bdj.9.e68016 accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-08-09.

Description

A gall midge species (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) inducing leaf bud galls on Magnolia kobus DC. var. borealis Sarg. (Magnoliaceae) was found in Hokkaido and northern Honshu, Japan.Based on its morphology, the species is regarded as an undescribed species of the genus Pseudasphondylia Monzen (Cecidomyiinae, Cecidomyiidi, Asphondyliini). The species is described as Pseudasphondylia saohimea Matsuda, Elsayed and Tokuda n. sp. The new species is easily distinguishable from congeners by the number of adult palpal segments, and the shape of the male terminalia and larval spatula.

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Makoto Tokuda
originator
position: Dr
Laboratory of Systems Ecology, Faculty of Agriculture, Saga University
Saga
JP
email: tokudam@cc.saga-u.ac.jp

Makoto Tokuda
metadata author
position: Dr
Laboratory of Systems Ecology, Faculty of Agriculture, Saga University
Saga
JP
email: tokudam@cc.saga-u.ac.jp

Makoto Tokuda
administrative point of contact
position: Dr
Laboratory of Systems Ecology, Faculty of Agriculture, Saga University
Saga
JP
email: tokudam@cc.saga-u.ac.jp