Species Lasioptera uncinata Gagné, 1997
- Lasioptera uncinata Gagné, R.J. in Gagné, R.J., Balciunas, J.K. & Burrows, D.W. 1997. Six new species of gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) from Melaleuca (Myrtaceae) in Australia. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 99(2): 312-334 [330].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♀, 3 km N Cardwell, QLD, from blister galls on Melaleuca dealbata.
Paratype(s) 5♂ 4♀, 4 pupal exuviae, 2 larvae (ANIC/USNM).
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
From blister or trumpet-shaped leaf galls on Melaleuca species; Gagné (1997) suggests that this speice may be an inquiline or successor in the galls.
History of changes
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| 25-Feb-2013 | 25-Feb-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 16-Nov-2011 | 16-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |