Department of Biology and Botanic Garden; University of Fribourg; Chemin du Musée 10; 1700 Fribourg; Switzerland.
School of Zoology; The George S Wise Faculty of Life Sciences; Tel Aviv University; Tel Aviv 6997801; Israel; The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History; Tel Aviv University; Tel Aviv 6997801; Israel.
Zootaxa. 2023 Jun 9;5301(2):257-268. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5301.2.6.
Contarinia ampelitsiae n. sp. Dorchin & Fazan is described as a newly discovered gall-midge species (Diptera: Cecidoymiidae) forming galls in flowers of Zelkova abelicea (Ulmaceae), a tree species endemic to the Mediterranean island of Crete (Greece). Larvae develop within modified filaments of male flowers, contrary to many Contarinia species that develop freely in flowers or in simple flower galls. The species has one generation per year, and its galls are sometimes found in great numbers on individual trees, thus affecting both fruit quantity and weight. This is the first report of a gall midge from Zelkova and the first record of Contarinia from Ulmaceae. Based on its host-plant association and on the barcoding section of the mtCOI gene, this species has no obvious relatives within Contarinia.
新发现的一种瘿蚊（双翅目：瘿蚊科），Contarinia ampelitsiae n. sp. Dorchin & Fazan，在克里特岛（希腊）特有树种榉树（榆科）的花朵中形成虫瘿。幼虫在雄性花的改性花丝内发育，与许多在花朵内或简单花朵瘿中自由发育的 Contarinia 物种相反。该物种每年发生一代，其虫瘿有时在单株树上大量出现，从而影响果实数量和重量。这是榉树上的第一份瘿蚊报告，也是 Ulmaceae 中 Contarinia 的第一份记录。基于其与寄主植物的关系以及 mtCOI 基因的条形码部分，该物种在 Contarinia 中没有明显的亲缘关系。
