Species Diadiplosis plumbea (Skuse, 1888)

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• Cecidomyia (Diplosis) plumbea Skuse, F.A.A. 1888. Diptera of Australia. Part I. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 3(1): 17-145, PLs. II-III [69].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ANIC 29-38506 1 ♂, Elizabeth Bay (Sydney), NSW.
  Paralectotype(s) ANIC 29-38507, 29-38501–5 1 ♂, 5 ♀;
  Syntype(s) ANIC(MMUS) ♂, ♀ (number unknown) (specimen re-designated as Lectotype and Paralectotypes by Kolesik & Gagné (2016)), Elizabeth Bay (Sydney), NSW.
• Diplosis koebelei Koebele, A. 1893. Studies of parasitic and predaceous insects in New Zealand, Australia, and adjacent islands. Report of the United States Department of Agriculture 51: 1-39 [38] [cited by Gagné & Stein (1982); unintentional description of Diplosis koebelei Skuse ms].

  Type data:

   Neotype USNM 44660 ♂ adult, Riverside, California, USA.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Gagné, R.J. & Stein, J.D. 1982. Diadiplosis koebelei Koebele (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), a rediscovered predator of scale insects. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington 10: 65-69 [66].
• Silvestrina koebelei Felt, E.P. 1932. A new predaceous gall midge for California. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 8: 167-168 [167] [Felt apparently described this species on the assumption that the publication of Diplosis koebelei Skuse ms [=Diplosis koebelei Koebele, 1893] by Koebele (1893) did not constitute an available name].

  Type data:

   Lectotype USNM 44660 ♂ adult, Riverside, California, USA.
  Paralectotype(s) USNM 13♀ 8♂ adults.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Gagné, R.J. & Stein, J.D. 1982. Diadiplosis koebelei Koebele (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), a rediscovered predator of scale insects. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington 10: 65-69 [66].
• Diadiplosis koebelei Gagné, R.J. & Stein, J.D. 1982. Diadiplosis koebelei Koebele (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), a rediscovered predator of scale insects. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington 10: 65-69 [66] [junior homonym; `junior synonym of Diadiplosis koebelei (Koebele) according to Gagné in Gagné & Stein (1982: 66)' (Kolesik & Gagné 2016)].

  Secondary source:

   Kolesik, P. & Gagné, R.J. 2016. Revision of early taxa of Australian gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae). Zootaxa 4205(4): 301–338 [315].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Kolesik, P. & Gagné, R.J. 2016. Revision of early taxa of Australian gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae). Zootaxa 4205(4): 301–338 [315]

 

Generic Combinations

• Diadiplosis koebelei (Koebele, 1893). —
  Gagné, R.J. & Stein, J.D. 1982. Diadiplosis koebelei Koebele (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), a rediscovered predator of scale insects. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington 10: 65-69 [65] (redescription)
• Diadiplosis koebelei (Felt, 1932). —
  Gagné, R.J. 1973. A Generic Synopsis of the Nearctic Cecidomyiidi (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae: Cecidomyiinae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 66: 857-889 [869]
• Nipponodiplosis koebelei (Felt, 1932). —
  Harris, K.M. 1968. A systematic revision and biological review of the cecidomyiid predators (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on world Coccoidea (Hemiptera: Homoptera). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 119: 401-494 [462]
• Cleodiplosis koebelei (Felt, 1932). —
  Pritchard, A.E. 1953. The gall midges of California. Diptera: Itonididae (Cecidomyiidae). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 2: 125-150 [145]
• Diadiplosis plumbea (Skuse, 1888). —
  Kolesik, P. & Gagné, R.J. 2016. Revision of early taxa of Australian gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae). Zootaxa 4205(4): 301–338 [315]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Introduced into United States of America—California, Hawaiian Is. and New Zealand.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Larva a predator of Pseudococcidae (Homoptera)

 

General References

Compere, H. & Smith, H.S. 1932. The control of the Citrophilus mealybug, Pseudococcus gahani, by Australian parasites. Hilgardia 6(17): 585-618 (use as a biological control agent)

Gagné, R.J. & Stein, J.D. 1982. Diadiplosis koebelei Koebele (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), a rediscovered predator of scale insects. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington 10: 65-69 (nomenclature)

Smith, H.S. & Compere, H. 1928. The introduction of new insect enemies of the citrophilus mealybug from Australia. Journal of Economic Entomology 21: 664-669 [664] (use as a biological control agent)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	CECIDOMYIIDAE	06-Apr-2017	ADDED