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Brachineuridi (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae: Cecidomyiinae) from Allegheny County Pennsylvania. A photographic and illustrated guide to genera and species.

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The Brachineuridi (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae: Cecidomyiinae) from Allegheny county are presented. One new genus and species: Paracingola conspicua n. gn. et n. sp. and two additional new species: Lauthia pennsylvanica n. sp.; Rhizomyia hortensis n. sp. are fully described and illustrated and compared to their closest congeners. Other Brachineuridi studied from this region are: Acinacistyla brevilobata Jiao & Bu 2013, Brachineura eupatorii Felt 1907, Epimyia carolina Felt 1911, Ledomyia flavotibialis (Felt 1907) and Ledomyia emilyae Gagne 1985. Anticipating its discovery here, Coccidomyia pennsylvanica Felt 1911 is included as an extralimital species. A larval, pupal and adult diagnosis is given which superficially supports the super tribe Brachineuridi.
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Classification of gall midges of the supertribe Brachineuridi (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae: Lasiopterinae) with description of new genera and new species from the Kurile Islands
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  • Dec 2014
  • Entomol Rev
A new classification is proposed for the gall-midge supertribe Brachineuridi including 4 tribes, 9 subtribes, 24 genera, and 156 species: Brachineurini (Brachineurina, 4 genera, 23 species; Epimyiina, 4 genera, 9 species); Undoneurini trib. n. (Undoneurina subtrib. n., 5 genera, 8 species; Coccidomyiina subtrib. n., 2 genera, 8 species); Rhizomyiini stat. n. (Rhizomyiina, 4 genera, 33 species; Stellaserenina subtrib. n., 3 genera, 3 species); Ledomyiini (Ledomyiina, 8 genera, 61 species; Acinacistylina subtrib. n., 2 genera, 5 species; Kovaleviolina subtrib. n., 2 genera, 3 species), and also 2 genera Palaeospaniocera Meunier, 1901 (1 species) and Ledomyiella Meunier, 1904 (4) with an unclear systematic position. One new tribe, 5 subtribes, 3 genera, and 7 species (Stellaserena vaga gen. et sp. n., Stelladiurna flustra gen. et sp. n., Kuriloneura multifida gen. et sp. n., K. trifida sp. n., Cornistyla tufa sp. n., Rhizomyia flammula sp. n., Acinacistyla sundukovi sp. n.) are described. Keys to the tribes, subtribes, genera, and species of Brachineuridi are given. The genera Ramineura stat. n. and Cornistyla stat. n. are promoted from subgenera of Brachineura. A new synonymy is established: the genus Pararhizomyia Mamaev, 1998, stat. n. (= Effusomyia Fedotova, 2004, syn. n.). New combinations are formed: Ramineura ussurica (Fedotova, 2004), comb. n. (Brachineura), R. musiva (Fedotova et Sidorenko, 2006a), comb. n. (Brachineura), R. subulata (Fedotova et Sidorenko), comb. n. (Brachineura), and R. alia (Mamaev, 1994), comb. n. (Brachineura); Cornistyla nijveldti (Fedotova, 2004), comb. n. (Brachineura), C. flabellata Fedotova et Sidorenko, 2006a, comb. n. (Brachineura), C. infirma (Fedotova et Sidorenko, 2006) (Brachineura); Cingola pleiomorpha Mamaev, 1998, comb. n. (Brachyneurina), Stabiliola arsenjevi (Fedotova, 2004), comb. n. (Brachyneurina); S. umbra (Fedotova et Sidorenko, 2006b), comb. n. (Rhizomyia), Alatostyla binaria (Mamaev, 1998), comb. n. (Rhizomyia), Ledomyia eocenica (Meunier, 1904), comb. n. (Ledomyiella), Kovaleviola pyxidiiformis (Fedotova, 2005), comb. n. (Brachyneurina).
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