Species Lopesia quadrata Kolesik, 1999
- Lopesia quadrata Kolesik, P. in Kolesik, P. & Peacock, D.E. 1999. A new species of gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) damaging branch shoots of the dryland tea-tree, Melaleuca lanceolata (Myrtaceae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 123: 115-119.
Type data:
Holotype SAMA I21427 ♂ (gall collected 5.x.1998, adult emerged 8.x.1998), Coorong National Park, Loop Road, SA [139°41E, 36°11'S].
Paratype(s) SAMA I21428-I21433 1♂, 2 ♀, 3pupal skins, 1 larva (adults emerged8.x-23.x.1998), collected with holotype; ANIC 2♂, 2♀, 3 pupal skins, 1 larva (adults emerged 8.x.-23.x.1998), collected with holotype.Type host:
Melaleuca lanceolata lanceolata Otto [Myrtaceae] (ex branch shoot galls)
Introduction
One of only two known Australian species in the tribe Lopesiini.
Distribution
States
South Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
SA: Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP)
Distribution References
General References
Kolesik, P. & Peacock, D.E. 1999. A new species of gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) damaging branch shoots of the dryland tea-tree, Melaleuca lanceolata (Myrtaceae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 123: 115-119 [115]
History of changes
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