Bootanomyia, Girault, 1915

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 : 412-413

Bootanomyia 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; 1 ♀ (dried) Torrens River Linear Park, 34°55.06’S 138°35.81’E, B. Hyder, 22.ix.2014, nodular stem gall on E. camaldulensis, Em. 14–15.x.2014; 1 ♀ (dried), same data, except Em . 21–22.x.2014; 1 ♀ (dried), same data, except 7.x.2014, Em. 23.x.2014, DNA extracted (011_MEG_AD_ EC) .

Notes on biology. Bootanomyia is distinguished from Megastigmus by their metallic colouration. There are six described Australian species but their biology is unknown ( Bouček 1988).