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Issue: Vol. 2032 No. 1: 11 Mar. 2009
Type: Article
Published: 2009-03-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2032.1.3
Page range: 48–54
Abstract views: 45
PDF downloaded: 1

On the systematics of Sylvenomyia Mamaev & Zaitzev (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae, “Porricondylinae”), with the description of a new species from Finland

1Lamminmutka 2 C13, FI-40520 Jyväskylä, Finland
Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF), Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, Eberswalder Strasse 84, D-15374 Müncheberg, Germany
Diptera taxonomy Porricondylinae Sylvenomyia new species Fennoscandia

Abstract

Sylvenomyia fennica sp. n., the second species of the genus Sylvenomyia Mamaev & Zaitzev is described from Finland. Sylvenomyia sueciae Mamaev & Zaitzev, the type species, is a new junior synonym of Chastomera spinigera Spungis. Sylvenomyia spinigera (Spungis) comb. n. is redescribed. The generic concept and systematic position of Sylvenomyia is reviewed. The genus Sylvenomyia is transferred from the tribe Winnertziini to the “Porricondylinae” incertae sedis.

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