Asphondylia maricensis (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae): pupa description and new combination

Gall-inducing insects from the Maricá Environmental Protection Area (RJ, Southeastern Brazil)

“…The first list of the gall-inducing insects and their host plants of MEPA was prepared by compiling data from the literature: Maia and Couri (1993); Couri and Maia (1992); Maia et al (1992Maia et al ( , 2002Maia et al ( , 2005; Maia (1993aMaia ( , 1993bMaia ( , 1993cMaia ( , 1993dMaia ( , 1994Maia ( , 1995aMaia ( , b, 1996aMaia ( , 1996bMaia ( , 2001bMaia ( , 2001cMaia ( , 2005Maia ( , 2006Maia ( , 2013Maia ( , 2021Maia ( , 2022aMaia ( , 2022bMaia ( , 2023; Monteiro et al (1994);Vanin et al (2000); Brown et al (2004); Sousa and Maia (2007); Oliveira and Maia (2008); Maia and Araújo (2009); Viceconte and Maia (2009); Rodrigues and Maia (2010); Maia and Nava (2011); Santos (2011, 2015); and Evenhuis (2022). It includes all insects and plants reported in these papers regardless of their taxonomic categories.…”

“…: Maia et al (1992) -gall-inducer as Asphondylia maricensis, host plant as Struthanthus maricensis Rizz. ; Maia (2022a). Type locality: MEPA, RJ.…”

“…Other results included the description of the larva and male of Bruggmannia monteiroi and the pupa of Asphondylia maricensis, already published. Due to morphological characters of the pupa, Asphondylia maricensis was transferred to the genus Bruggmanniella (Maia 2022a).…”