Additions to the fauna of gall midges (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) in Iran

Abstract

The gall midges, Janetiella convolvuli Mirumyan & Skuhravá, 2017 and Orseolia cynodontis Kieffer & Massalongo, 1902 are discovered in Iran for the first time based on adult specimens reared from galls on Convolvulus arvensis L. (Convolvulaceae) and Cynodon dactylon (L.) Persoon (Poaceae), respectively. The galls of J. convolvuli and O. cynodontis were previously recorded only in Armenia and European/African sections of the western part of the Palaearctic region, respectively. Some relevant diagnostic characters, photographs, ecological and biological notes, and distributional data for the newly recorded species are provided.

New Records of Iranian Grass Gall Midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)

“…Despite the high species richness of Poaceae in Iran and its western neighboring countries, the study of gall midges in these regions is scanty. Of which, only six genera and six species namely, Contarinia tritici (Kirby, 1798), host plant: Triticum New Records of Iranian Grass Gall Midges vulgare L., (Farahbakhsh, 1961); Asynapta phragmitis (Giraud, 1863), host plant: Pharagmites australis L. (Skuhravá et al, 2014); Giraudiella inclusa (Frauenfeld, 1862), Lasioptera flexuosa (Winnertz, 1853), host plant: P. australis and Stenodiplosis bromicola (Marikovskii & Agafonova, 1961), host plant: Setaria glauca (L.) (Karimpour, Skuhravá, Lotfalizadeh & Razmi, 2022) and Orseolia cynodontis Kieffer & Massalongo, 1902, host plant: Cynodon dactylon (L.) Persoon (Karimpour & Skuhravá, 2022) were reported from Iran.…”

“…Till now three species of genus Contarinia have been reported from Iran, including C. desertorum Marikovskij, 1961 [host plant: Alhagi maurorum Medik. (Fabaceae)], C. tritici (Kirby, 1798) [host plant: Triticum vulgare L. (Poaceae)] and Contarinia sp.1 [host plant: Echinophora orientalis Hedge & Lamond (Apiaceae)]( Karimpour & Skuhravá, 2012;Farahbakhsh, 1961). Alhagi maurorum Medik.Dasineura Rondani, 1840Dasineura alopecuri (Reuter, 1895)Oligotrophus alopecuri Reuter, 1895: 3 Dasyneura agropyronis Barnes, 1927: 214 Distribution: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Poland, Sweden, United Kingdom.…”

New Records of Gall Midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) from Iran

“…In west Azerbaijan (Azebaijan-e Gharbi) province, north western Iran, a total of 18 species of the family Cecidomyiidae were reported during last ten years (Karimpour & Skuhravá, 2012;Hashemi Khabir, Sadeghi, Harris, & Hanifeh, 2012;Skuhravá, Karimpour, Sadeghi, Gol, & Joghataie, 2014;Skuhrava & Karimpour, 2017;Karimpour & Skuhravá, 2022). From which four species are associated with various species of Salix spp.…”