Description of a new species of cecidomyiid (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) predator of mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on sugarcane

Urso-Guimarães, Maria VirgíniaCruz, Maiara AlexandreMartinelli, Nilza MariaPeronti, Ana Lúcia Gonzalez Benfatti

Abstract Diadiplosis saccharum sp. nov. (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) is described based on male and female prey on nymphs of mealybug Saccharicoccus sacchari (Cockerell) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on Saccharum spp. (Poaceae) in São Paulo State, Brazil. Herein, the genus is composed by 33 species. The key of the eight species of the Diadiplosis distributed in Brazil is updated.

1. Biodiversity
2. Neotropical region
3. Ecological association
4. Taxonomy
5. Predaceous insect