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Classification of gall midges of the supertribe Brachineuridi (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae: Lasiopterinae) with description of new genera and new species from the Kurile Islands

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A new classification is proposed for the gall-midge supertribe Brachineuridi including 4 tribes, 9 subtribes, 24 genera, and 156 species: Brachineurini (Brachineurina, 4 genera, 23 species; Epimyiina, 4 genera, 9 species); Undoneurini trib. n. (Undoneurina subtrib. n., 5 genera, 8 species; Coccidomyiina subtrib. n., 2 genera, 8 species); Rhizomyiini stat. n. (Rhizomyiina, 4 genera, 33 species; Stellaserenina subtrib. n., 3 genera, 3 species); Ledomyiini (Ledomyiina, 8 genera, 61 species; Acinacistylina subtrib. n., 2 genera, 5 species; Kovaleviolina subtrib. n., 2 genera, 3 species), and also 2 genera Palaeospaniocera Meunier, 1901 (1 species) and Ledomyiella Meunier, 1904 (4) with an unclear systematic position. One new tribe, 5 subtribes, 3 genera, and 7 species (Stellaserena vaga gen. et sp. n., Stelladiurna flustra gen. et sp. n., Kuriloneura multifida gen. et sp. n., K. trifida sp. n., Cornistyla tufa sp. n., Rhizomyia flammula sp. n., Acinacistyla sundukovi sp. n.) are described. Keys to the tribes, subtribes, genera, and species of Brachineuridi are given. The genera Ramineura stat. n. and Cornistyla stat. n. are promoted from subgenera of Brachineura. A new synonymy is established: the genus Pararhizomyia Mamaev, 1998, stat. n. (= Effusomyia Fedotova, 2004, syn. n.). New combinations are formed: Ramineura ussurica (Fedotova, 2004), comb. n. (Brachineura), R. musiva (Fedotova et Sidorenko, 2006a), comb. n. (Brachineura), R. subulata (Fedotova et Sidorenko), comb. n. (Brachineura), and R. alia (Mamaev, 1994), comb. n. (Brachineura); Cornistyla nijveldti (Fedotova, 2004), comb. n. (Brachineura), C. flabellata Fedotova et Sidorenko, 2006a, comb. n. (Brachineura), C. infirma (Fedotova et Sidorenko, 2006) (Brachineura); Cingola pleiomorpha Mamaev, 1998, comb. n. (Brachyneurina), Stabiliola arsenjevi (Fedotova, 2004), comb. n. (Brachyneurina); S. umbra (Fedotova et Sidorenko, 2006b), comb. n. (Rhizomyia), Alatostyla binaria (Mamaev, 1998), comb. n. (Rhizomyia), Ledomyia eocenica (Meunier, 1904), comb. n. (Ledomyiella), Kovaleviola pyxidiiformis (Fedotova, 2005), comb. n. (Brachyneurina).

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Fedotova, Z.A. Classification of gall midges of the supertribe Brachineuridi (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae: Lasiopterinae) with description of new genera and new species from the Kurile Islands. Entmol. Rev. 94, 1131–1190 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873814080107

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