Ecological and Phylogenetic Relationships Shape the Peripheral Olfactory Systems of Highly Specialized Gall Midges (Cecidomiiydae) [PDF]
Insects use sensitive olfactory systems to detect relevant host volatiles and avoid unsuitable hosts in a complex environmental odor landscape. Insects with short lifespans, such as gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), are under strong selection ...
Béla P. Molnár +7 more
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Taxonomic study of the genus Campylomyza Meigen (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) in Korea with descriptions of seven new species. [PDF]
Ham D, Bae YJ.
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Host plant species have very specific interconnection with galling species. Here, we estimate the potential distribution of the host plant species Andira humilis Mart. ex Benth.
Valdeir Pereira Lima +1 more
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Insect galls from Amazon rainforest areas in Rondônia (Brazil) [PDF]
This study aimed at survey insect galls of an Amazon rainforest area in Rondônia, Brazil. We found 152 gall morphotypes in 103 plant species. Fabaceae were the host with the greatest gall richness. Leaves were the most galled organ.
BARBARA PROENÇA, VALÉRIA CID MAIA
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On the study of complexes of gall‐forming insects and mites of the fauna of Dagestan, Russia
Aim. To identify complexes of gall‐forming insects and mites in the fauna of Dagestan, which, together with other inhabitants of galls, are evolutionarily associated with common plant species and genera.Materials and Methods. The materials were collected
Z. A. Fedotova +4 more
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Resistance Stability of the Secondary Tiller of \u27Caldwell\u27 Wheat After the Primary Culm Was Infested With Virulent Hessian Fly (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Larvae [PDF]
Secondary tiller resistance of \u27Caldwell\u27 wheat, Triticum aestivum, with the H6 gene for larval resistance to Hessian fly, Mayetiola destructor, was maintained, after the primary culm had been previously infested with virulent larvae.
Araya, Jaime E, Wellso, Stanley G
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The plant vigour hypothesis (PVH) predicts that females of galling insects preferentially oviposit on the most vigorous plants or plant modules, where their offspring's performance is highest.
Tatiana Garabini CORNELISSEN +1 more
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Morfometri parasitoid nyamuk ganjur alang-alang asal Kabupaten Cianjur, Jawa Barat
Morphometry of cogongrass gall midges parasitoids from Cianjur District, West Java. Imperata cylindrica is a species of grass that causes economic losses.
Kiki Fajrina Simamora +2 more
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Honeylocust Twig-gall Midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in Michigan [PDF]
Emergence and oviposition data were gathered for Neolasioptera brevis, a recently described pest of honeylocust. In 1984 the insects first emerged on 21 May and first oviposited on 4 June; in 1985 they first emerged on 28 April and first oviposited ...
Morton, H. L, Wertheim, C. G
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Recent host records for Gephyraulus raphanistri (Kieffer), a flower-gall midge, show restriction to Raphanus raphanistrum throughout Europe. Gephyraulus raphanistri has never been reported infesting commercially grown Brassica crops.
Janine VITOU +4 more
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