A New Lestodiplosine (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Preying on the Avocado Lace Bug, Pseudacysta perseae (Heteroptera: Tingidae) in Southern Florida

Authors

Raymond J. Gagne, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, PSI, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, c/o Smithsonian Institution MRC-168, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012, USAFollow
Jorge E. Pena, University of Florida, Tropical Research and Education Center, 18905 S.W. 280th St., Homestead, FL 33031
Flor E. Acevedo

Date of this Version

3-2008

Comments

Published in Florida Entomologist 91(1) March 2008.

Abstract

A species new to science, Tingidoletes praelonga Gagné (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), was recently discovered preying on the avocado lace bug, Pseudacysta perseae (Heidemann) (Heteroptera: Tingidae), in Florida, USA. A new genus is described to receive the new species.