Description, host range and distribution of a new Macrodiplosis species (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) that induces leaf-margin fold galls on deciduous Quercus (Fagaceae) with comparative notes on Palaearctic congeners

WANGGYU KIM; JUNICHI YUKAWA; KEITH M HARRIS; TSUNEO MINAMI; KAZUNORI MATSUO; MAŁGORZATA SKRZYPCZYŃSKA

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3821.2.3

Issue: Vol. 3821 No. 2: 20 Jun. 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-06-20

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3821.2.3

Page range: 222–238

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Description, host range and distribution of a new Macrodiplosis species (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) that induces leaf-margin fold galls on deciduous Quercus (Fagaceae) with comparative notes on Palaearctic congeners

WANGGYU KIM⁺⁻
JUNICHI YUKAWA⁺⁻
KEITH M HARRIS⁺⁻
TSUNEO MINAMI⁺⁻
KAZUNORI MATSUO⁺⁻
MAŁGORZATA SKRZYPCZYŃSKA⁺⁻

Entomological Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.

81 Linden Way, Ripley, Woking, Surrey, UK

Asahikawa-shi, Hokkaido, Japan

Entomological Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.

Agricultural University of Cracow, Poland

DNA Barcode eastern Palaearctic Region identification

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Abstract

A gall midge that induces upwardly folded leaf-margin galls on Quercus serrata, Q. mongolica and Q. dentata (Fagaceae) in Japan and South Korea is described as Macrodiplosis selenis sp. n. (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae). M. selenis is distinguished from Palaearctic congeners by a combination of morphological characters. Genetic differences supported the result of morphological comparison and indicated that M. selenis is closely related to the European M. roboris, whose gall is similar to that of M. selenis.