Original description

Ashmead, W.H. 1894. Journal of the Linnean Society (Zoology), 25:166.

Synonyms

Closterocerus albipes Ashmead, Achrysocharella pulchrella Girault, Achrysocharis diplosidis Kerrich.

Diagnosis

Fore wing with two distinct hair lines radiating from stigmal vein; frons below frontal suture with scattered setae; fore wing speculum open or closed below; dorsellum hidden under scutellum, not visible in dorsal view; female predominantly yellowish-brown and with strong reticulation on thoracic dorsum; male predominantly dark and metallic and thoracic dorsum with weak reticulation

Distribution

Brazil, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Guyana, Mexico, Panama, Saint Vincent, Trinidad & Tobago, USA.

Biology

Ctenodactylomyia watsoni (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), Hyperdiplosis eupatorii (Cecidomyiidae), from a leaf gall on Coccoloba uvifera (Polygonaceae), from a leaf gall on Avicennia (Verbenaceae), from a gall on Pithecellobium (Fabaceae), from unidentified Cecidomyiidae leaf galls on Cecropia insignis and C. obtusifolia (Cecropiaceae), from unidentified Cecidomyiidae leaf galls on Cissus (Vitaceae), from unidentified leaf galls on Ficus colubrinae (Moraceae); from unidentified leaf galls on Lantana camara (Verbenaceae), from unidentified Cecidomyiidae galls on Licania arborea (Chrysobalanaceae), from unidentified Cecidomyiidae galls on Rubus (Rosaceae).

Depository of primary type

Holotype female in Natural History Museum (BMNH), London, England.

Chrysonotomyia auripunctata (Ashmead), antenna lateral, female.	Chrysonotomyia auripunctata (Ashmead), antenna lateral, male.	Chrysonotomyia auripunctata (Ashmead), head frontal, female.	Chrysonotomyia auripunctata (Ashmead), head frontal, male.
Chrysonotomyia auripunctata (Ashmead), thoracic dorsum, female.	Chrysonotomyia auripunctata (Ashmead), thoracic dorsum, male.	Chrysonotomyia auripunctata (Ashmead), phallobase, male.	Chrysonotomyia auripunctata (Ashmead), aedeagus, male.