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A NEW SPECIES OF CAMPTOMYIA (DIPTERA: CECIDOMYIIDAE) FROM DOUGLAS-FIR CONES

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Alan F. Hedlin
Affiliation:
Forest Research Laboratory, Department of Forestry and Rural Development, Victoria, British Columbia
Norman E. Johnson
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology and Limnology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

Abstract

Camptomyia pseudotsugae, a new species of midge in Douglas-fir cones from Washington and British Columbia, is described. Notes on its life history and habits in relation to those of its cohabitant Contarinia washingtonensis Johnson are included.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1968

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