Journal of Threatened Taxa (Mar 2010)

Two new Indian gall midges of the genus <i>Contarinia</i> Rondani (Cecidomyiidae: Diptera) reared from Amaranthaceae and Poaceae

  • M.S. Siddiqui,
  • K.A. Najam,
  • V.D. Deshpande

DOI
https://doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o2217.773-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 3
pp. 773 – 777

Abstract

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Two new species of Genus Contarinia Rondani viz. C. asperae reared from leaf galls of Achyranthes aspera L. (Family Amaranthaceae) and C. dichanthiumae reared from ear heads of Dichanthium aristatum Hub.( Family : Poaceae) are described and illustrated.