Three New Records of Gall Midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) from Türkiye

Abstract

Three new records for the Turkish gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) fauna were obtained for the first time from the seeds of Salvia sclarea L. collected during a field study in Denizli province, Türkiye. These new records are as follows: Arthrocnodax salviae Fedotova, 1995, Dasineura salviae (Kieffer, 1909) and Lasioptera salviae Schiner, 1868. The locations of the determined species in Türkiye, their world distribution and host plant data are provided.