Asphondylia litseae Felt

[Fig. 6n]

Asphondylia litseae Felt, 1921b: 149 .

Type series. Syntypes, female and 2 pupae, reared from stem galls on Litsea sp. ( Lauraceae) collected in Ungaran Mts, Java, alt. 1400 m, 21-iv-1914, Felt #a3096). This series could not be found in the Felt slide collection.

Description based on Felt (1921b), some superficial characters omitted. Female. Length 2.5 mm. Flagellomeres 12 in number, fifth 2.5x longer than wide, terminal reduced, globose. Circumfila coarse, bowed, resembling Schizomyia . Palpus 2-segmented, first segment subquadrate, second broadly oval, acute apically. Tarsal claws stout, strongly curved, simple; empodia about 2/3 claw length. Pseudocerci at base of eversible part of ovipositor rudimentary.

Pupa (based on Felt (1921b)). Length 2.5 mm. Antennal horns unusually long, narrowly triangular [Fig. 6n (from Felt 1921b, Fig. 5)]. Prothoracic spiracle slender, strongly curved.

Male, larva unknown.

Remarks. Felt (1921b) only tentatively placed this species in Asphondylia and wrote that it might belong to Schizomyia due to the heavy [dense] and relatively high circumfila and the absence of well-developed lobes at the base of the ovipositor. Only further collecting can solve this problem.

Biology. This species was reared from a stem gall on Litsea sp. ( Lauraceae) 21-iv-1914 by DvL (1921). He stated that the gall specimen became lost before it could be illustrated and described it only as a swelling at the top of the stem with several larval chambers.

Geographical distribution. This species is known only from the type locality in Ungaran Mts, Java, where it was collected at 1400 m altitude, 21-iv-1914 (Felt 1921b; DvL 1921) .