Species Contarinia bothriochloae Harris, 1979
- Contarinia bothriochloae Harris, K.M. 1979. Descriptions and host ranges of the sorghum midge, Contarinia sorghicola (Coquillett) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), and of eleven new species of Contarinia reared from Gramineae and Cyperaceae in Australia. Bulletin of Entomological Research 69: 161-182 [175].
Type data:
Holotype QM T7770 ♀ adult, W of Cooktown, QLD.
Paratype(s) QM 3♀ 3♂ adults; BMNH ♀ 3♂ adults; BMNH 1 adult.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from the Cooktown area.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
Larva: gall-inducer (associated flora: Bothriochloa bladhii (Retz.) S.T.Blake [POACEAE] Forest Bluegrass).
General References
Harris, K.M. 1979. Descriptions and host ranges of the sorghum midge, Contarinia sorghicola (Coquillett) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), and of eleven new species of Contarinia reared from Gramineae and Cyperaceae in Australia. Bulletin of Entomological Research 69: 161-182 [176] (only found on Bothriochloa bladhii [Poaceae])
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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01-Jun-2021 | CECIDOMYIIDAE Newman, 1835 | 01-Jun-2021 | MODIFIED | Dr Bryan Lessard (ABRS) |
10-Nov-2020 | NEMATOCERA Dumeril, 1805 | 01-Apr-2021 | MODIFIED | Max Beatson (AM) |
11-Jul-2019 | CECIDOMYIIDAE Newman, 1835 | 01-Jun-2021 | MODIFIED | |
10-Nov-2020 | BIBIONOMORPHA Hennig, 1954 | 01-Jun-2021 | MODIFIED | |
01-Feb-2019 | DIPTERA Linnaeus, 1758 | 01-Jun-2021 | MODIFIED | |
29-Mar-2018 | CECIDOMYIIDAE | 01-Jun-2021 | MODIFIED | |
14-Jun-2017 | CECIDOMYIIDAE | 01-Jun-2021 | MODIFIED | |
13-Jul-2015 | CECIDOMYIIDAE | 01-Jun-2021 | MODIFIED | Lyn Randall |
12-May-2015 | CECIDOMYIIDAE | 01-Jun-2021 | MODIFIED | |
12-May-2015 | CECIDOMYIINAE | 01-Jun-2021 | MODIFIED | Dr Federica Turco |
12-May-2015 | CECIDOMYIINAE | 01-Jun-2021 | MODIFIED | Dr Federica Turco |
12-May-2015 | CECIDOMYIINAE | 01-Jun-2021 | MODIFIED | |
25-Feb-2013 | 01-Jun-2021 | MODIFIED | ||
16-Nov-2011 | 01-Jun-2021 | MODIFIED | ||
01-Jun-2021 | MODIFIED |