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Issue: Vol. 4318 No. 2: 7 Sept. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-09-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4318.2.12
Page range: 395–400
Abstract views: 83
PDF downloaded: 3

A new species of gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) damaging ornamental Callistemon (Myrtaceae) in Australia

Bionomics Limited, 31 Dalgleish Street, Thebarton SA 5031, Australia.
Horticulture Pathology, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Ecosciences Precinct, GPO Box 267, Brisbane QLD 4001, Australia.
Greenhills Propagation Nursery Limited, 20 Gillespie Road, Tynong VIC 3813, Australia.
Diptera bottle brush tree cultivar “Little John” cultivar “Captain Cook” insect pest horticulture

Abstract

Callistemon (Myrtaceae) is a plant genus native to Australia with many cultivars grown as ornamentals worldwide. Several orange larvae of an undescribed gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) were found feeding within vegetative buds of Callistemon viminalis plants grown in a production greenhouse in Victoria, Australia. Infested buds stopped their development and, following the departure of larvae, turned necrotic. Pupation took place in the soil. Young potted plants were infested and severely retarded in their overall growth. The new species is described and named Dasineura callistemoni Kolesik sp. nov.

 

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