Open-access Description of the pupa of Lopesia brasiliensis Rübsaamen (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae)

Descrição da pupa de Lopesia brasiliensis Rübsaamen (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae)

Abstracts

Lopesia brasiliensis Rübsaamen, 1908 was described as male, female and larva, based on material from the States of Rio de Janeiro and Santa Catarina (Brazil). This cecidomyiid induces leaf galls on Ossaea sp. (Melastomataceae). The pupa is described and illustrated for the first time.

Gall; Melastomataceae; morphology; Ossaea; taxonomy


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