Careopalpis Marikovskij, 1961

Dorchin, Netta, Danon, Gilad & Dor, Roi, 2019, Gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) associated with Suaeda (Chenopodiaceae) in Israel and the Mediterranean Basin, Israel Journal of Entomology (Oxford, England) 49 (2), pp. 99-134 : 119

Genus Careopalpis Marikovskij, 1961

Careopalpis is an Old World genus in the tribe Lasiopterini , currently with 15 described species ( Gagné & Jaschhof 2017), all on Chenopodiaceae , mostly in Central Asia. Some species develop in conspicuous stem or leaf galls whereas others live in the plant tissues without causing any discernible deformation. Adults superficially resemble those of Stefaniola , being small and stout, but are easily distinguishable from them in the shape of the female ovipositor, and are uniform morphologically contrary to the morphologically diverse Stefaniola . Antennal flagellomeres always number 10 in both sexes, palpi are minute and one-segmented, and the aculeus of the female ovipositor is always curved ventrally over an ovate or fusiform apical lamella. Known pupae have well developed antennal and facial horns. Larvae are short and stout, lacking a sternal spatula and with greatly reduced papillae and vestiture.