An addition to the gall midge fauna of Andaman Islands, India

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to identify the gall midge collections from different islands of Andaman deposited in Zoological Survey of India, Western Regional Centre, Pune. Results yielded an addition of nine species of gall midges (Conarete calcuttaensis, Conarete mihijamensis, Micromyia orientalis, Peromyia indica, Allobremia pincerifera, Lestodiplosis erecta, Odontodiplosis travancoricus, Contarinia orientalis and Octodiplosis bispina) to the Andaman Islands.