Species Contarinia brevipalpis Harris, 1979
- Contarinia brevipalpis Harris, K.M. 1979. Descriptions and host ranges of the sorghum midge, Contarinia sorghicola (Coquillett) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), and of eleven new species of Contarinia reared from Gramineae and Cyperaceae in Australia. Bulletin of Entomological Research 69: 161-182 [179].
Type data:
Holotype QM T7774 ♀ adult, 10 miles N of Cardwell Yellow Waterholes, near Kennedy, QLD.
Paratype(s) QM ♂ ♀ adults; BMNH ♂2♀ adults.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
Larva: gall-inducer (associated flora: Eragrostis brownii (Kunth) Nees [POACEAE] Brown's Lovegrass).
General References
Harris, K.M. 1979. Descriptions and host ranges of the sorghum midge, Contarinia sorghicola (Coquillett) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), and of eleven new species of Contarinia reared from Gramineae and Cyperaceae in Australia. Bulletin of Entomological Research 69: 161-182 [179] (only found on Eragrostis brownii [Poaceae])
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29-May-2025 | CECIDOMYIIDAE Newman, 1835 | 29-May-2025 | MODIFIED | |
| 01-Jun-2021 | CECIDOMYIIDAE Newman, 1835 | 31-Mar-2025 | MODIFIED | |
| 10-Nov-2020 | NEMATOCERA Dumeril, 1805 | 29-May-2025 | MODIFIED | Max Beatson (AM) |
| 11-Jul-2019 | CECIDOMYIIDAE Newman, 1835 | 29-May-2025 | MODIFIED | |
| 10-Nov-2020 | BIBIONOMORPHA Hennig, 1954 | 29-May-2025 | MODIFIED | |
| 01-Feb-2019 | DIPTERA Linnaeus, 1758 | 29-May-2025 | MODIFIED | |
| 29-Mar-2018 | CECIDOMYIIDAE | 29-May-2025 | MODIFIED | |
| 14-Jun-2017 | CECIDOMYIIDAE | 29-May-2025 | MODIFIED | |
| 13-Jul-2015 | CECIDOMYIIDAE | 29-May-2025 | MODIFIED | Lyn Randall |
| 12-May-2015 | CECIDOMYIIDAE | 29-May-2025 | MODIFIED | |
| 12-May-2015 | CECIDOMYIINAE | 29-May-2025 | MODIFIED | Dr Federica Turco |
| 12-May-2015 | CECIDOMYIINAE | 29-May-2025 | MODIFIED | Dr Federica Turco |
| 12-May-2015 | CECIDOMYIINAE | 29-May-2025 | MODIFIED | |
| 25-Feb-2013 | 29-May-2025 | MODIFIED | ||
| 16-Nov-2011 | 29-May-2025 | MODIFIED | ||
| 29-May-2025 | MODIFIED |