Taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of Daphnephila gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) inducing complex leaf galls on Lauraceae, with descriptions of five new species associated with Machilus thunbergii in Taiwan.
Zoolog Sci
; 25(5): 533-45, 2008 May.
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ABSTRACT
Five new species of the genus Daphnephila (Diptera Cecidomyiidae Asphondyliini), D. ornithocephala, D. stenocalia, D. sueyenae, D. taiwanensis, and D. truncicola, all associated with Machilus thunbergii (Lauraceae), are described from Taiwan, and one previously known species, D. machilicola, is redescribed from Japan. Among the five new species, D. truncicola induces stem galls and the other four species induce leaf galls. A molecular phylogenetic analysis based on partial sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) gene suggests that in this genus the stem-galling habit is a more ancestral state compared to the leaf-galling habit. Daphnephila seems to be of tropical origin and to have dispersed to Japan through Taiwan.
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Assunto principal:
Folhas de Planta
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Lauraceae
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Dípteros
Tipo de estudo:
Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Animals
País como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2008
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Article