New Brazilian species of Asphondyliini (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae)

Urso-Guimarães, Maria Virginia; Amorim, Dalton de Souza

doi:10.1590/s0085-56262002000400011

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“…Several Asphondylia spp. have been reported to induce the formation of galls in flower buds of Lamiaceae, but most reports only concern the incidental finding of the insect biont and merely classify it with reference to the host plant (Urso‐Guimarães & de Souza Amorim, ; Skuhravá et al ., ).…”

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First report of the gall midge Asphondylia serpylli on thyme (Thymus vulgaris), and identification of the associated fungal symbiont

Zimowska

Viggiani

Nicoletti

et al. 2017

Annals of Applied Biology

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Asphondylia spp. (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) are known for inducing gall formation on many diverse plants in both wild and agricultural contexts. The species Asphondylia serpylli is herewith reported for the first time on thyme (Thymus vulgaris) cropped in Poland. The associated fungus has been identified as Botryosphaeria dothidea, representing its first record from cecidomyiid galls on a species of Lamiaceae. Moreover, a short account is given on the parasitoid species active in this particular ecological context. These findings point out the basic role of B. dothidea in the organization of these three-component biotic systems regardless of the varied assortments between the midge species and their host plant.Asphondylia serpylli on thyme B. Zimowska et al.

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