Anapeza tumida Gagné, 2015

Gagné, Raymond J. & Etienne, Jean, 2015, Three new genera and three new species of Lasiopteridi (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on Rubiaceae from Guadeloupe, French West Indies, and a key to genera of Neotropical Lasiopteridi unplaced to tribe, Zootaxa 4028 (4), pp. 511-526 : 519-520

Anapeza tumida Gagné , new species

Figs. 20–34

Description. Adult. Wing ( Fig. 29 ), length in male 1.0– 1.2 mm (n=5), in female 1.1–1.3 mm (n=5). Antenna (Figs. 20, 24); male with 10-10+ flagellomeres (n=5), female with 10–11 (n=5). Palpus ( Fig. 26 ) of 1 segment, slightly longer than wide, with numerous strong setae surpassing length of palpus. Anepimeron with 7–8 setae (n=6). Acropods as in Figs. 27–28 . Male postabdomen and terminalia as in Figs. 31–32 . Female postabdomen as in Figs. 21, 33.

Pupa. (Figs. 22–23). As in the generic description.

Larva, third instar: Length, 1.0– 1.1 mm (n=4). White. Spatula and pigmented areas of prothoracic venter as in Fig. 34 . Integument and papillae as in generic description.

Material examined. HOLOTYPE: male, reared from flat, pustule-like galls on underside of leaves of Psychotria mapourioides , Guadeloupe, Pointe Noire, Morne-à-Louis, XII-14-2011, J. Etienne GR4478, deposited in NMNH.

PARATYPES, all in NMNH: 8 males, 7 females, 5 pupal exuviae, 4 larvae, same data as holotype; 2 females, same data as holotype except IV-10-2011, GR4372; 2 males, 2 females, same data as holotype except V-4-2012, GR4540; and 2 males and two females, same data as holotype except I-22-2012, GR4589.

Etymology. The name tumida is a Latin adjective meaning swollen, in reference to the enlarged fused female cerci that cover the entire posterior end of the abdomen.

Life history. This species forms circular, flat, blisterlike epidermal galls, about 3 mm in diameter, on the underside of leaves of Psychotria mapourioides . Each gall is inhabited by a single larva that pupates in the gall. The pupa pushes its way out of the thin-walled gall and the adult breaks out of the pupa. Adult emergence takes place from 8 to 9 a.m. Several generations occur per year. Galls may be found on the same leaves as those of Pellacara postica .

Figures

FIGURES 24 – 34. Anapeza tumida. 24, Female fourth flagellomere (ventral). 25, Eyes at vertex (frontal). 26, Palpi and labella (frontal). 27, Acropod (ventral). 28, Same (lateral). 29, Wing. 30, Male sixth through eighth abdominal segments (dorsolateral; dashed lines indicate sternites). 31. Male terminalia (dorsal). 32, Gonocoxal mediobasal lobes, aedeagus, and apodeme (dorsal). 33. Female postabdomen (dorsal). 34, Larval spatula and surrounding area.