Species Procontarinia pustulata Kolesik, 2009

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• Procontarinia pustulata Kolesik, P. in Kolesik, P., Rice, A.D., Bellis, G.A. & Wirthensohn, M.G. 2009. Procontarinia pustulata, a new gall midge species (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) feeding on mango, Mangifera indica (Anacardiaceae), in northern Australia and Papua New Guinea. Australian Journal of Entomology 48: 310-316.

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA I221877 ♂, Torres Strait, Darnley (Erub) Island [09°34.773'S 143°46.691'E].
  Paratype(s) SAMA 7♂ 5♀, same data as for holotype; SAMA 3 galls, 5 larvae, same locality, earlier date (2006).

  Type host:

   Mangifera indica Linnaeus [Anacardiaceae]

Introduction

Quarantine pest.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Gall-inducer (associated flora: Mangifera indica Linnaeus [ANACARDIACEAE] Mango).

Diagnosis

DNA. COI sequence was analysed for 5 males and 1 female collected with the holotype, and 3 larvae collected with the paratype larvae. (GenBank accession numbers FJ820163 - FJ820172, 488bp.

Diagnosis References

Kolesik, P., Rice, A.D., Bellis, G.A. & Wirthensohn, M.G. 2009. Procontarinia pustulata, a new gall midge species feeding on mango, Mangifera indica (Anacardiaceae), in northern Australia. Australian Journal of Entomology 48: 310-316

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