Bruggmanniella maricensis ( Maia & Couri, 1992 ) Maia, 2022

Maia, Valéria Cid, 2022, Asphondylia maricensis (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae): pupa description and new combination, Revista Brasileira de Entomologia (e 20220072) 66 (4), pp. 1-3 : 2

Bruggmanniella maricensis ( Maia & Couri, 1992) , new combination urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1579331E7567-4F68-840E-5743333C718E

Females and larvae of Asphondylia Loew, 1850 and Bruggmanniella Tavares, 1909 are morphologically very similar.But their males and pupae are easily distinguishable. Males of Asphondylia have gonostylus with a solid tooth, while in Bruggmanniella the tooth is completely divided mesally, resulting in two separate teeth. Pupae of Asphondylia have frontal spines and rows of dorsal abdominal spines, the distal ones being more strongly developed than the basal. Differing from them, pupae ofBruggmanniella do not have frontal spines. Furthermore, the dorsal abdominal spines are tiny and more numerous ( Gagné, 1994).

Garcia et al.(2022) proposed the following diagnosis ofBruggmanniella, based on a cladistic analysis:prothoracic larval spatula with 3 or 4-teeth, inner teeth (or tooth) larger than outer ones; pupa with antennal horns and well developed prothoracic spiracles; upper and frontal horns absent; pupal cephalic margin thickened; male genitalia with two-toothed gonostyli; parameres absent; cerci-like lobes on female abdominal segment VIII Tavares, 1909 ( Garcia et al., 2022).

Asphondylia maricensis has this set of female and pupa characters indicated by Gagné (1994) and Garcia et al. (2022). The male is still unknown. Therefore, the species is transferred to Bruggmanniella based on pupal morphology, and a new combination is proposed, Bruggmanniella maricensis ( Maia et al., 1992) . It is important to mention that the spatula of B. maricensis has four apical teeth, being the inner shorter than outer ones.