title: A new species of gall midge associated with Diplopterys pubipetala (A.Juss.) Anderson and Davis (Malpighiaceae) from Altinópolis, São Paulo, Brazil.
abstract: Clinodiplosis bellum sp. nov. associated with Diplopterys pubipetala (A.Juss.) Anderson and Davis (Malpighiaceae) from Brazil are described. This is the first species of Clinodiplosis described to State of São Paulo and the first formal description of Diplopterys pubipetala (Malpighiaceae) as host plant of Cecidomyiidae species. Description and illustration of the Clinodiplosis bellum sp. nov. (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) are given.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Diversidade Animal, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Sorocaba, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Urso-Guimarães
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Diversidade Animal, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Sorocaba, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Carmo-Neto
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D002683:Chironomidae / Q000145:classification / Q000502:physiology*; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D029581:Malpighiaceae / Q000469:parasitology*; D010941:Plant Tumors / Q000469:parasitology*