Additions to the fauna of gall midges (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) in Iran

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Karimpour, Younes, Skuhrava, Marcela (2022): Additions to the fauna of gall midges (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) in Iran. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (4): 571-579, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.4.571, URL: doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.4.571 ABSTRACT. The gall midges, Janetiella convolvuli Mirumyan & Skuhravá, 2017 and Orseolia cynodontis Kieffer & Massalongo, 1902 are discovered in Iran for the first time based on adult specimens reared from galls on Convolvulus arvensis L. (Convolvulaceae) and Cynodon dactylon (L.) Persoon (Poaceae), respectively.

The galls of J. convolvuli and O. cynodontis were previously recorded only in Armenia and European/African sections of the western part of the Palaearctic region, respectively. Some relevant diagnostic characters, photographs, ecological and biological notes, and distributional data for the newly recorded species are provided.