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Descriptions of Psectrosema spp. (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) reared from galls on Tamarix spp. in Pakistan, including four new species

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

K. M. Harris
K. M. Harris
Affiliation:
Commonwealth Institute of Entomology, do British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK.
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Abstract

Illustrated descriptions of galls, larvae, pupae and adults, with a diagnostic key, are given for five species of Psectrosema Kieffer (= Amblardiella Kieffer = Isosandalum Kieffer) collected from various species of Tamarix during field surveys of potential biocontrol agents undertaken by the Commonwealth Institute of Biological Control in Pakistan. The genus Psectrosema is re-defined and the eleven species previously described from Europe, North Africa, India and Kazakhastan, USSR, are listed, mostly as new combinations. The five species recorded from Pakistan are P. manü nom. nov., stat. rev., comb. n. (= tamaricis Mani) from T. dioica; P. indicum sp.n. from T. indica; P. reticulatum sp.n. from T. hispida, T. androssowii and T. arceuthoides; P. unicornis sp.n. from T. dioica; and P. parvum sp.n. from T. indica.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 73 , Issue 3 , September 1983 , pp. 447 - 456
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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