Campylomyzini, Kieffer, 1898

Joghataie, Mahmoud, Namaghi, Hussein Sadeghi & Skuhrava, Marcela, 2015, Five new records of gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) from Iran, Turkish Journal of Zoology 39 (3), pp. 527-529 : 528

Tribe: Campylomyzini

Material examined: 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, collected from a corn field in Joghatay (36°37′55′′N, 57°04′22′′E), 21 August 2012, leg. M. Joghata; 1 ♂, collected from an alfalfa field in Joghatay (36°37′55′′N, 57°04′22′′E), 22 August 2012, leg. M. Joghata; 1 ♂, collected from an alfalfa field in Shahrestanak (36°42′20′′N, 57°10′1′′E), 4 September 2012, leg. M. Joghataie.

Remark: The larvae of this species are saprophagous or mycophagous and are found in soil among fallen leaves, logs, and manure.

General distribution: Widespread Holarctic (East Palearctic, Sweden, Ukraine, Russia, Spain, Austria, Britain, Estonia, France, Germany, Sweden, Netherlands, Latvia, Lithuania, USA, and New Zealand) (www.faunaeur. org; Gagné, 2010).

Micromya lucorum Rondani, 1840

Subfamily: Micromyinae

Tribe: Micromyini

Material examined: 3 ♂♂, collected from a corn field in Joghatay (Kalateh Ghorbanali; 36°36′14″N, 57°04′32″E), 7 August 2012, leg. M. Joghataie.

Remark: This species was identified based on adult specimens collected by hand net in a corn field. It is said that the larvae of this species, like other members of the subfamily, are mycophagous or sapromycophagous and develop in decaying plant materials and in soil.

Distribution: Austria, Britain, Germany, Northern Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Hungary, Lithuania, Russia, Spain, the Netherlands, Ukraine, East Palearctic, Uzbekistan, Russia (Far East), North Africa ( Algeria), USA (Minnesota), Mexico, Costa Rica, and Dominica ( Gagné, 2010).

Rabdophaga salicis (Schrank, 1803)

Subfamily: Cecidomyiinae

Tribe: Dasineurini

Material examined: This species was identified based on the characteristic features of galls on shoots of the host plant Salix alba ( Salicaceae ) collected in Joghatay (Abas Abad; 36°47′02″N, 57°10′22″E), 7 September 2012, leg. M. Joghataie.

Remark: Larvae cause globular or cylindrical galls on branches of Salix spp. ( Salicaceae ). Collected gall-swellings on the shoots of Salix alba were about 10 mm in diameter; inside each gall was a chamber with 1 larva.

General distribution: Euro-Siberian. It is a species with a large distribution area, known from 20 countries in Europe, from several countries in Asia, and from northern Africa ( Skuhrava, 1986, 1997).