Burseramyia braziliensis, a new species of gall midge (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae, Asphondyliini) associated with Swartzia langsdorffii Raddi (Fabaceae)

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braziliensis, a new species of gall midge (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae, Asphondyliini) associated with Swartzia langsdorffii Raddi (Fabaceae). Biota Neotrop. 11(4): http://www. biotaneotropica.org.br/v11n4/en/abstract?article+bn00611042011.Abstract: Burseramyia braziliensis Maia & Fonseca, a new species of Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) that induces leaf galls on Swartzia langsdorffii Raddi (Fabaceae) is described and illustrated (larva, pupa, male and female) based on material from restinga areas of Bertioga, São Paulo, Brazil. Until now, Burseramyia was known from one galling species, Burseramyia burserae Möhn, 1960, restricted to El Salvador. The genus is easily recognizable by the shape of the gonostylus (equally subdivided into toothed and setose portions). The new species differs from the previously described species mainly in the number and shape of terminal papillae (larva), shape of hypropoct (male) and method of pupation.

Galhas de insetos em restingas da região sudeste do Brasil com novos registros

“…Trabalhos de levantamento são conhecidos para cinco municípios no estado do Rio de Janeiro (Angra dos Reis, Arraial do Cabo, Carapebus, Maricá e Rio de Janeiro), um no estado de São Paulo (Bertioga) e um no Espírito Santo (Guarapari). Em decorrência desses estudos, diversas espécies e gêneros novos de insetos galhadores vêm sendo descritos, desde então, desse ecossistema , Maia 1993a, 1996a, b, 2001b, Maia & Fonseca, 2011.…”