Younes Karimpour - Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran.
Marcela Skuhrava - Bítovská ۱۲۲۷/۹, CZ–۱۴۰ ۰۰ Praha ۴, Czech Republic.

View on Scopus The gall midges, Janetiella convolvuli Mirumyan & Skuhravá, ۲۰۱۷ and Orseolia cynodontis Kieffer & Massalongo, ۱۹۰۲ are discovered in Iran for the first time based on adult specimens reared from galls on Convolvulus arvensis L. (Convolvulaceae) and Cynodon dactylon (L.) Persoon (Poaceae), respectively. The galls of J. convolvuli and O. cynodontis were previously recorded only in Armenia and European/African sections of the western part of the Palaearctic region, respectively. Some relevant diagnostic characters, photographs, ecological and biological notes, and distributional data for the newly recorded species are provided.

Bermudagrass, bindweed, gall midge, New record, distribution