Note on the Cecidomyiidae from Guadeloupe (West Indies) with description of a new species of Paracalmonia (Diptera)

Overview & Synopsis

Paracalmonia Özdikmen, a genus restricted to Ficus (Moraceae), is rediagnosed and a new species, Paracalmonia paucula Gagné & Étienne, is described from leaf galls of Ficus citrifolia Mill. from Guadeloupe. Chrybaneura harrisoni Gagné, previously found associated with empty spider eggs from Central America is reported here from scale insect remains and other insect detritus and its larva and pupa are described for the first time. Lestodiplosis peruviana Felt, a predator of scale insects, is reported for the first time since it was described from Peru in 1911. The male is redescribed and the newly discovered female and larva are described. Pectinodiplosis erratica (Felt) is also reported for the first time since its description from a single male from Washington DC, USA, in 1908. The male is redescribed and the newly associated female is characterized. This species is a predator of Coccoidea and other insects.