Z. A. Fedotovaa and E. E. Perkovskyb
aSamara State Agricultural Academy, ul. Uchebnaya 2, Ust’-Kinel’skii, 446409 Russia
e-mail: sai@transit.samara.ru, zoya-fedotova@mail.ru, zoyafedotova@gmail.com
bSchmalhausen Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine,
ul. Bogdana Khmel’nitskogo 15, Kiev, 01601 Ukraine
e-mail: perkovsky@fromru.com, perkovsk@gmail.com
Received June 20, 2006
Abstract—Three new genera and 27 new species of gall midges are described from the Late Eocene ambers:
Henria baltica sp. nov., Frirenia manca sp. nov., F. musicata sp. nov., Leptosyna samlandica sp. nov., L. fastosa
sp. nov. from Baltic amber and H. xystica sp. nov., H. liquida sp. nov., Stellasegna vlaskini gen. et sp. nov.,
S.vaporea sp. nov., S. nexa sp. nov., Rasnitsia verticosa gen. et sp. nov., F. rohdendorfi sp. nov., F. schevchenkoi
sp. nov., F. melica sp. nov., F. lukashevichae sp. nov., F. leporidis sp. nov., F. marmarygma sp. nov., F. vesana
sp. nov., Vincinescia alisae gen. et sp. nov., L. margarita sp. nov., L. munifera sp. nov., L .sukachevae sp. nov.,
L. assa sp. nov., L. larga sp. nov., L. vegeta sp. nov., L. vaticina sp. nov., and L. shcherbakovi sp. nov. from
Rovno amber. Strobliella capitata Fedotova is redescribed as Henria capitata (Fedotova, 2004) (comb. nov.).
Diagnoses of Henria (= Electroxylomyia Nel et Prokop, syn. nov.), Frirenia, and Leptosyna are revised. As a
result, Henria comprises 3 extant and 5 extinct (Late Eocene) species, including H. eocenica (Nel et Prokop),
comb. nov. (= Electroxylomyia eocenica), Frirenia comprises 1 extant and 10 Late Eocene species, and Lepto-
syna comprises 3 extant and 11 Late Eocene species. The tribe Heteropezini is elevated to the supertribal rank
(Heteropezidi) and included in the subfamily Lasiopterinae. Leptosynini is treated as a separate tribe, and
Lasiopterinae is considered as part of Cecidomyiidae s. str. (i.e., excluding Lestremiidae). Keys to the tribes and
genera of Heteropezidi and to species of Henria, Stellasegna, Frirenia, and Leptosyna are provided. The gall
midge faunas of the Rovno and Baltic ambers are compared. Phylogenetic relationships within the supertribe
are hypothesized.
DOI: 10.1134/S0031030109090111
Key words: Eocene, amber, Cecidomyiidae, gall midges, Ukraine, Russia, new genera, new species.
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