The family C ecidomyiidae (D iptera) including about 6100 described species displays
diverse feeding habits. The tribe A sphondyliini is a well‐circumscribed monophyletic group …

Jum** is often achieved using propulsive legs, yet legless lea** has evolved multiple
times. We examined the kinematics, energetics and morphology of long-distance jumps …

Reproductive isolation and speciation in herbivorous insects may be accomplished via shifts
between host-plant resources: either plant species or plant organs. The intimate association …

Three major hypotheses have been advanced for the adaptive nature of plant galls: nutrition,
enemy‐avoidance, and microenvironment. Of these, the microenvironment hypothesis has …

The family Adelgidae is a small group of insects within Aphidoidea (Hemiptera). Adelgids
are typically holocyclic with host‐alternation between the primary and secondary hosts, but …

Abstract The family Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) includes the largest number of gall-inducing
species of any arthropod family. In this chapter, we focus on the taxonomy, life-history …

Mango blossom gall midge, Procontarinia mangiferae (= Erosomyia mangiferae Felt), is an
invasive pest that causes economic damage worldwide. The objectives of our study were to …

A new species of the genus Asphondylia (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) that infests pods of chili,
Capsicum annuum L. and Capsicum frutescens L.(Solanaceae), is described as …

Partial sequencing of mitochondrial DNA in the cytochrome oxidase subunit I gene of larvae,
pupae, and reared adults confirmed that Asphondylia sphaera Monzen (Diptera …

Different gall inducers belonging to distinct insect orders are rarely known to induce similarly
shaped galls on the same host plant organs. We report that Asphondylia tojoi Elsayed & …