A new species of Asphondylia (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) and a key to separate species of the genus associated with Asteraceae from Neotropical region

Abstract

A new species, Asphondylia cipo sp. nov. (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) causing stem and petiole galls on Lessingianthus warmingianus (Baker) H. Rob. (Asteraceae) is described and illustrated from Serra do Cipó, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. A key is provided to separate species of this genus associated with host plants in the Asteraceae family from the Neotropical region.

New species of Asphondylia (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae, Asphondyliini) from Brazil

“…In Brazil, Asphondylia occurs on 12 plant families. Six species induce galls on Asteraceae, A. cipo Urso-Guimarães, 2018, A. glomeratae Gagné, 2001, A. gochnatiae Maia, 2008, A. moehni Skuhravá 1989, A. serrata Maia, 2004, and A. ulei Rübsaamen, 1908(Urso-Guimarães, 2018 published a key to the species on Asteraceae in the Neotropical region), and two on Fabaceae, A. microcapillata and A. sennae Maia & Couri, 1992(Gagné & Jaschhof, 2021. This is the first record of Asphondylia on Bignoniaceae in Brazil.…”