A new Ledomyiini genus and species (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) from Jiangxi, China

ABSTRACT

A new genus and species of the tribe Ledomyiini, Pseudocingola guanshanensis gen. & sp. nov. is described and illustrated from Guan Mountain, Yifeng, Jiangxi, China. The new genus is characterised in Ledomyiini by the ventral gonocoxal mediobasal lobe uniquely diverging away from the aedeagus except for the base. The taxonomic status of the new genus is discussed with a comparison between the related genera and an updated key to the extant Ledomyiini genera is provided.

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KEYWORDS:

• Ledomyiini
• Cecidomyiidae
• new genus
• new species
• Guan Mountain
• Jiangxi
• China

Acknowledgments

We are grateful to Dr. Huai-Jun Xue (Institute of Entomology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China) for collecting so precious and rare cecidomyiid specimens from Guan Mountain, Jiangxi, China. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31160380, 31360457, 31760543), the National Foreign Experts Program of Jiangxi Province (No. G20200222010, G2021022002, DL2022022001L) and Science and Technology Project of Education Department of Jiangxi Province (No. GJJ200443).

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Data availability statement

Available type material of the new species is described in the text.

Nomenclatural acts

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