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A new species of Contarinia Rondani (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) that induces flower galls on canola (Brassicaceae) in the Canadian prairies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2019

Boyd A. Mori*
Affiliation:
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon Research and Development Centre, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N 0X2, Canada
Lars Andreassen
Affiliation:
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon Research and Development Centre, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N 0X2, Canada
James D. Heal
Affiliation:
University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada
Julian R. Dupuis
Affiliation:
University of Hawai’iat Manōa and United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, US Daniel K. Inouye Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center, 64 Nowelo Street, Hilo, Hawaii, 96720, United States of America
Juliana J. Soroka
Affiliation:
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon Research and Development Centre, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N 0X2, Canada
Bradley J. Sinclair
Affiliation:
Canadian National Collection of Insects & Canadian Food Inspection Agency, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0C6, Canada
*
1Corresponding author (e-mail: boyd.mori@canada.ca)

Abstract

A new species, Contarinia brassicola Sinclair (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), which induces flower galls on canola (Brassica napus Linnaeus and Brassica rapa Linnaeus (Brassicaceae)), is described from Saskatchewan and Alberta, Canada. Larvae develop in the flowers of canola, which causes swelling and prevents opening, pod formation, and seed set. Mature larvae exit the galls, fall to the soil, and form cocoons. Depending on conditions, larvae will either pupate and eclose in the same calendar year or enter facultative diapause and emerge the following year. At least two generations of C. brassicola occur each year. Adults emerge from overwintering cocoons in the spring and lay eggs on developing canola flower buds. The galls produced by C. brassicola were previously attributed to the swede midge, Contarinia nasturtii (Kieffer) in Saskatchewan; here, we compare and list several characters to differentiate the two species.

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Systematics and Morphology
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