Niladmirara metula, Fedotova, 2018

Fedotova, Z. A., 2018, New taxa of the gall midges of the tribe Asynaptini (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae, Porricondylinae) from the Russian Far East, Far Eastern Entomologist 362, pp. 1-12 : 3-5

from the Ussuriysky Reserve in Primorsky krai (transferred here in new genus from the genus Camptomyia ), and described below from Shikotan Island N. metula sp. n. and N. devergentia sp. n.

RELATIONSHIPS. New genus is closely related to the subgenus Paracampto-

myia Mamaev, 1961 of the genus Camptomyia Kieffer, 1894 , but differs from it by form of wide transversal or round genitalia; by little thin claw of gonostyles; presence very long, almost straight or curved overlapping projections of parameres and straight long roots of parameres; absence transversal dorsal bridge between roots of parameres; presence of sclerotized enlarging on basal end of genital rod; by presence aedeagal swollen capsule and very long neck of middle flagellomeres.

BIOLOGY. Larvae of N. mucronata were found under bark of decaying ash stump (Mamaev & Zaitzev, 1998).

ETYMOLOGY. Name is origined from the Latin “ nil admirari ” to take notice of the unexpected combinations of various characters in new genus.