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Articles • Rev. Bras. entomol. 68 (3) • 2024 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1806-9665-RBENT-2024-0039   copy

Description of the larval instar of Cerciplanus cipo Garcia & Urso-Guimarães (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) from Serra do Cipó, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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ABSTRACT

Cerciplanus Garcia & Urso-Guimarães (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) is a gall-inducing genus that hosts Ouratea species (Ochnaceae). The genus consists of three species, Cerciplanus cipo Garcia & Urso-Guimarães, Cerciplanus tocantinensis Garcia & Urso-Guimarães, and Cerciplaus maricaensis Maia, of which only C. cipo having an unknown larval stage. In the present study, we have described and illustrated the larvae of the 3rd instar of C. cipo.

Keywords:
adult–larva association; Cerrado; Ochnaceae; Ouratea; rupestrian field

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