Aprostocetus, Westwood, 1833

Taylor, Gary S., Hyder, Brittany K. & Davies, Kerrie A., 2019, New species of gall fly (Diptera: Fergusoninidae) from Eucalyptus camaldulensis (Myrtaceae) in southern Australia and its associated parasitoids and inquilines, Zootaxa 4701 (5), pp. 401-416 : 410

Aprostocetus sp.

Specimens examined. AUSTRALIA, South Australia: 1 ♂ (ethanol) Mt Barker, 35°05.09’S 138°51.86’E, G. Taylor & B. Hyder, 19.ix.2014, nodular stem gall on E. camaldulensis, Em. 30–31.ix.2014 ; 2 ♀ (ethanol), same data, except Em. 18–20.x.2014 ; 1 ♂ (ethanol) same data, except 28.ix.2014, Em. 16–17.x.2014 ; 6 ♂, 4 ♀ (dried), same data, except Em. 18–20.x.2014 ; 1 ♂, 2 ♀ (ethanol), same data, except Em. 21–22.x.2014 ; 1 ♂ (dried) Mt Barker Laratinga Wetlands, 35°04.33’S 138°53.15’E, G. Taylor & B. Hyder, 14.viii.2014, nodular stem gall on E. camaldulensis, Em. 9–10.x.2014 ; 1 ♂ (dried) Torrens River Linear Park, 34°55.06’S 138°35.81’E, G. Taylor & B. Hyder, 27.viii.2014, nodular stem gall on E. camaldulensis , ; 1 ♂ (dried) same data, except Em. 1–3.xi.2014 ; 1♀ (ethanol) same data, except B. Hyder, 7.x.2014, Em. 7–8.x.2014 ; 1 ♀ (ethanol) same data, except Em. 14– 15.x.2014 ; 3 ♀ (ethanol) same data, except, Em. 21–22.x.2014 ; 2 ♀ (dried), 1 ♀ (ethanol) same data, except Em. 23–24.x.2014 ; 2 ♀ (ethanol) same data, except Em. 28–29.x.2014 ; 1 ♀ (ethanol) same data, except Em. 30– 31.x.2014 ; 1 ♀ (dried) same data, except Em. 1.xi.2014, DNA extracted (002_APR_AD_ AC) ; 1 ♀ (ethanol) same data, except Em. 1–3.xi.2014 ; 1 ♂, 2 ♀ (ethanol) same data, except 14.x.2014, Em. 25–27.x.2014 ; 1 ♀ (ethanol) same data, except Em. 28–29.x.2014 ; 1 ♀ (ethanol) same data, except Em. 30–31.x.2014 ; 1 ♀ (ethanol) same data, except Em. 4–5.xi.2014 ; 1 ♂ (dried) same data, except 19.ix.2014, Em. 20-23.ix.2014 AUSTRALIA, Victoria: 2 ♂, 2 ♀ (ethanol) Victoria Valley, Grampians , 37°29.15’S 142°20.03’E, K. A. Davies, 25.x.2001, Collection 12 from stem galls E. camaldulensis saplings ( WINC 3312 ) .

Notes on biology. Species of Aprostocetus are recorded as primary parasitoids of various insect hosts, especially Cecidomyiidae in plant galls ( Bouček 1988, Tscharntke et al. 1991, Reina & La Salle 2005, Sampson et al. 2013).