A Review of Palaearctic Gall Midges of the Genus Asphondylia (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) with Description of New Species from the Middle Volga River Area

摘要

Sixty-four species of the gall midge genus Asphondylia Loew are described from the Palaearctic Region; among these 5 are new. Three monophagous and two oligojirhagous species form fruit and flower galls on Lamiaceae. Data on the biology, distribution,and trophic associations of species of the genus Asphondylia are given. In the catalogue of the Palaearctic dipterans (Skuhrava, 1986), 51 species of the genus Asphondylia Loew are listed. However, the catalogue includes only the species recorded before1983, and the current volume of the genus is significantly greater. Five more species were described from Kazakhstan: A. zizipho-rae Fedotova, 1985 from flowers of three species of Ziziphora (Z. bungeana, Z. clinopodioides, and Z. vychodzeviand); A. sophorae Maralbaev et Fedotova, 1988 from fruits of Vexibia alopecuroides; A. vavilovi Mitroshina et Fedotova, 1990 from buds of Salsola gemmascens; A. mitroshinae Fedotova, 1991 from fruits of Salsola richteri; and A. kopetdagica Fedotova, 1993 from flowers of Scrophularia turco-manica. Also, A. acinata Dorchin, 2001 was recorded in Israel from fruit galls on Suaeda monoica; A. anato-lica Skuhrava et Cam, 1998 in Turkey from stem apical galls on Astragalus lagurus; and A. aucubae Yukawa et Ohsaki, 1988 in Japan from fruits of Aucuba japonica.