Three new species of Lopesia Rübsaamen (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) from Brazil

Authors

  • Carolina de Almeida Garcia Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Laboratório de Diptera, CEP 04263-000, São Paulo, Brazil.
  • Maria Virgina Urso-Guimarães Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Laboratório de Sistemática de Diptera, Departamento de Biologia, Sorocaba, CEP 18052-780, São Paulo, Brazil,

Keywords:

Atlantic Forest, Cerrado, gall maker, Lopesiini, Neo-tropical region, taxonomy

Abstract

Three new gall-maker species of Lopesia Rübsaamen, 1908 (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) found in the Brazilian Cerrado ecoregion (Brazilian savanna) in Chapada dos Guimarães, Mato Grosso State, and Atlantic Forest in Ubatuba, São Paulo State, are described in this paper. Larvae, pupae, males, females, and the galls of the new species and are described and illustrated.

 

Resumen

En este documento se describen tres nuevas especies de Lopesia Rübsaamen, 1908 (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), que producen agallas, encontradas en la región ecológico del Cerrado Brasileño en Chapada dos Guimarães, estado de Mato Grosso y Mata Atlántica en Ubatuba, estado de São Paulo. Se describen e ilustran las larvas, pupas, machos, hembras y las agallas de las nuevas especies.

 

 

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Author Biographies

Carolina de Almeida Garcia, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Laboratório de Diptera, CEP 04263-000, São Paulo, Brazil.

Laboratório de Sistemática de Diptera, Departamento de Biologia

Maria Virgina Urso-Guimarães, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Laboratório de Sistemática de Diptera, Departamento de Biologia, Sorocaba, CEP 18052-780, São Paulo, Brazil,

Laboratório de Sistemática de Diptera, Departamento de Biologia

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Published

2019-04-27

Issue

Vol. 101, No. 2 (June 2018)

Section

Research Papers

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