Gephyraulus mangiferae
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Gephyraulus
Hosts: Mangifera indica
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Our ID Notes may contain important tips necessary for distinguishing this gall from similar galls and/or important information about the taxonomic status of this gall inducer.
Gephyraulus mangiferae (Felt), n. comb. (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae): A mango pest from India newly recorded from the western hemisphere
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In 2004 a cecidomyiid, Dasineura mangiferae (Felt), was discovered in Guadeloupe, French West Indies, among inflorescences of mango, Mangifera indica L. (Anacardiaceae). This is the first notice of this gall midge in the Americas. Native to India... It has also been recorded from Hawaii (Anonymous 1981) where it is evidently an immigrant. Larvae feed in developing flowers that become enlarged and distorted into conical galls.
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In our search for a generic home for this species, it was a surprise to find that D. mangiferae fits satisfactorily into Gephyraulus...
- Raymond J. Gagné and Jean Etienne: (2006) Gephyraulus mangiferae (Felt), n. comb. (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae): A mango pest from India newly recorded from the western hemisphere©
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