Procontarinia pustulata, a new gall midge species (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) feeding on mango, Mangifera indica (Anarcadiaceae), in northern Australia and Papua New Guinea

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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p> <jats:italic>Procontarinia pustulata</jats:italic> sp. n. is described from northern Australia and Papua New Guinea. Larvae feed on mango <jats:italic>Mangifera indica</jats:italic> causing blister‐like galls on leaves. The new species pupates in the soil. The genus <jats:italic>Procontarinia</jats:italic> Kieffer &amp; Cecconi contains 15 named and several unnamed species, all of which feed on mango, with several being pests of cultivated mango worldwide. <jats:italic>Procontarinia pustulata</jats:italic> sp. n. differs from its congeners in morphology and gall anatomy as well as DNA sequence of COI. A simple technique is presented for rearing soil‐pupating gall midges in tropical region.</jats:p>