Neolasioptera brevis

Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Neolasioptera
Detachable: integral
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Texture: stiff
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Location: stem
Form: tapered swelling
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Two new species of Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) from honeylocust, Gleditsia triacanthos L. (Fabaceae), in Eastern United States

Neolasioptera brevis Gagne, New Species

Irregular twig swellings of about twice the normal diameter were first noticed by one of us (KV) on 2-VIII-1982 in Dauphin Co., Pa. Galls then contained second instars of cecidomyiid larvae assumed to belong to Neolasioptera.

Host: Gleditsia triacanthos

- Raymond J. Gagne: (1984) Two new species of Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) from honeylocust, Gleditsia triacanthos L. (Fabaceae), in Eastern United States©


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