Gagné Raymond J
Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, c/o Smithsonian Institution MRC-168, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA.; Email:
Zootaxa. 2016 Aug 30;4158(3):403-18. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4158.3.6.
Three new Nearctic genera of gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), each with a new species, are described: Helianthecis Gagné for Helianthecis capitum Gagné, new species, that lives in flower heads of Helianthus spp. (Asteraceae) from North Dakota to Texas; Lonicerae Gagné for Lonicerae russoi Gagné, new species, and Lonicerae lonicera (Felt), new combination, that form bud galls on Lonicera spp. (Caprifoliaceae) in California; and Chiosperma Gagné for Chiosperma turgidum Gagné, new species, that forms a bud gall on Symphoricarpos albus (L.) S.F. Blake (Caprifoliaceae) in Washington. The three new genera belong to the supertribe Lasiopteridi and are placed in the tribe Oligotrophini. The tribes Oligotrophini and Rhopalomyiini are combined.
描述了瘿蚊科（双翅目：瘿蚊科）近北区的三个新属，每个属都有一个新物种：向日葵瘿蚊属（Helianthecis），模式种为向日葵瘿蚊（Helianthecis capitum Gagné），新物种，寄生于从北达科他州到得克萨斯州的向日葵属（菊科）植物的花头中；忍冬瘿蚊属（Lonicerae），模式种为鲁氏忍冬瘿蚊（Lonicerae russoi Gagné），新物种，以及忍冬瘿蚊（Lonicerae lonicera (Felt)），新组合，在加利福尼亚州的忍冬属（忍冬科）植物上形成芽瘿；奇籽瘿蚊属（Chiosperma），模式种为肿胀奇籽瘿蚊（Chiosperma turgidum Gagné），新物种，在华盛顿州的毛核木（毛核木属，忍冬科）上形成芽瘿。这三个新属属于超族Lasiopteridi，被置于寡食瘿蚊族（Oligotrophini）。寡食瘿蚊族和喙瘿蚊族（Rhopalomyiini）合并。
