Zerovia Diakontschuk 1988

Zerovia Diakontschuk, 1988 Zerovia Diakontschuk, 1988: 166. Type species: Zerovia asiaemediae Diakontschuk, 1988 by original designation. Diagnosis. Zerovia is diagnosed by the following combination of characters: antenna longer than body; fore wing marginal cell entirely closed; fore wing areolet absent; fore wing with conspicuous marginal setae; mesoscutum with alutaceous to reticulate sculpture; female antenna with 14 antennomeres. Diversity. Monotypic; includes only the species Z. asiaemediae. Biology. The single known species induces galls on stems of Epilasia (Bunge) (Asteraceae: Cichorieae), although the exact host species is unknown (Diakontschuk, 1988). Remarks. Zerovia was illustrated by Diakontschuk (1988) and Melika (2006).