TY  - JOUR
A1  - Plakidas, John D.
A1  - Nguyen, Nhu H.
A1  - Ferro, Michael L.
T1  - A new species of Neostenoptera Meunier (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae: Winnertziinae) from Hawai‘i
T2  - Insecta Mundi
N2  - A new paedogenetic midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae: Winnertziinae: Heteropezini) from O‘ahu Island, Hawai‘i, Neostenoptera hawaiiensis Plakidas, Nguyen, and Ferro, new species, is described and illustrated. A key to all species in the genus is provided. Specimens were emergent from deadwood gathered at Waimea Arboretum and Botanical Garden. Neostenoptera appalachiensis Plakidas and Ferro were collected from the same set of samples in Hawai‘i, and additional specimens are reported from Georgia and South Carolina, three new state records. The discovery of two paedogenetic midges in Hawai‘i poses a unique set of questions as to their possible mode of arrival on an island ecosystem. We briefly address the possibility that both species are simply “hitchhikers” that went undetected at ports of entry.
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T3  - Insecta Mundi - 941 
KW  - Heteropezini
KW  - paedogenetic midges
KW  - emergence chamber
Y1  - 2022
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/68201
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-682019
UR  - https://centerforsystematicentomology.org/insectamundi/0941_Plakidas_etal_2022.pdf
SN  - 1942-1354
SN  - 0749-6737
VL  - 2022
IS  - 941
SP  - 1
EP  - 12
PB  - Flora & Fauna Publ.
CY  - Gainesville, Fla.
ER  -