First records of genus Bruggmanniella (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae: Asphondyliini) from Palaearctic and Oriental regions, with descriptions of two new species that induce stem galls on Lauraceae in Japan

Abstract

Two new species of the genus Bruggmanniella, Bruggmanniella actinodaphnes and Bruggmanniella cinnamomi (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae: Asphondyliini: Asphondyliina) are described from Japan. The former species induces stem galls on Actinodaphne lancifolia (Siebold et Zucc.) (Lauraceae) in the Palaearctic Region, and the latter species induces stem galls on Cinnamomum japonicum (Lauraceae) in the Oriental Region. Bruggmanniella, previously known to occur only in the Neotropical and southern Nearctic regions, is recorded for the first time from the Palaearctic and Oriental regions. The number of genera, their components, and morphological features of Asphondyliina are compared between different zoogeographical regions. © 2006 Entomological Society of America.