Asphondylia
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Asphondylia solidaginis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Cecidomyiidae |
Tribe: | Asphondyliini |
Genus: | Asphondylia |
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Asphondylia solidaginis, gall in goldenrod (Solidago)
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Asphondylia solidaginis pupa in its gall
Asphondylia is a cosmopolitan genus of gall midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. All species in this genus induce galls on plants, especially on flowers and flower buds.[1][2] There are over 300 described species in Asphondylia, with many more likely to be discovered and described, especially in the southern hemisphere.[1][2] Within the genus, characteristics of the larvae and pupae are often most useful for distinguishing between species since adults of most species look very similar to one another.[3] The species inducing a given gall can sometimes be identified based on the shape and placement of the gall in combination with the identity of the host plant.[2]
Species[]
- Felt, 1935
- Felt, 1916
- Asphondylia amaranthi Felt, 1935
- Asphondylia ambrosiae Gagne, 1975
- Asphondylia antennariae (Wheeler, 1889)
- Asphondylia artemisiae Felt, 1908
- (Cockerell, 1898)
- (Townsend, 1893)
- Asphondylia auripila Felt, 1907
- Beutenmuller, 1907
- Felt, 1907
- Felt, 1908
- Felt, 1925
- Asphondylia betheli Cockerell, 1907
- Johannsen, 1945
- (Townsend, 1893)
- Mohn, 1959
- Felt, 1907
- (Felt, 1935)
- Felt, 1907
- Gagne, 1986
- Asphondylia ceanothi Felt, 1908 (ceanothus bud gall midge)
- Felt, 1916
- Felt, 1935
- Felt, 1907
- Felt, 1912
- Felt, 1918
- Felt, 1912
- Felt, 1911
- Asphondylia floccosa Gagne, 1968 (woolly stem gall midge)
- Felt, 1908
- Gagne, 1986
- Felt, 1907
- Felt, 1912
- Gagne, 1968
- Felt, 1908
- Asphondylia helianthiglobulus Osten Sacken, 1878
- Felt, 1907
- Foote, 1953
- Felt, 1907
- Felt, 1908
- Felt, 1908
- Asphondylia lacinariae Felt, 1935
- Cockerell, 1900
- Felt, 1934
- Asphondylia monacha Osten Sacken, 1869
- Asphondylia neomexicana (Cockerell, 1896)
- Gagne, 1986
- Pritchard, 1952
- Mohn, 1959
- Asphondylia prosopidis Cockerell, 1898 (mesquite gall midge)
- Dorchin, 2015
- Asphondylia ratibidae Felt, 1935
- Osten Sacken, 1875
- Gagne, 1990 (creosote resin gall mige)
- Dorchin, 2015
- Asphondylia rudbeckiaeconspicua Osten Sacken, 1878
- Felt, 1907
- Felt, 1908
- Felt, 1916
- Felt, 1907
- Dorchin, 2015
- Asphondylia solidaginis Beutenmüller, 1907
- Felt, 1911
- Felt, 1935
- Felt, 1908
- Asphondylia websteri Felt, 1917 (alfalfa gall midge)
- Felt, 1936
References[]
- ^ a b R.J. Gagne; M. Jaschof (2021). A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World (5th ed.). ISBN 978-0-9863941-3-3. Wikidata Q109561625.
- ^ a b c Netta Dorchin; Jeffrey B. Joy; Lukas K. Hilke; Michael J. Wise; Warren G. Abrahamson (14 May 2015). "Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Asphondylia species (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) of North American goldenrods: challenging morphology, complex host associations, and cryptic speciation". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 174 (2): 265–304. doi:10.1111/ZOJ.12234. ISSN 1096-3642. Wikidata Q99657406.
- ^ Raymond J. Gagné; Jung Wook Kim; Nami Uechi; Junichi Yukawa (October 2018). "A New Pest Asphondylia (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on Grape Berries (Vitaceae) in Southwestern North America with Descriptive Notes on the Genus". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 120 (4): 779–790. doi:10.4289/0013-8797.120.4.779. ISSN 0013-8797. Wikidata Q104459527.
Further reading[]
- Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
External links[]
Categories:
- Cecidomyiinae
- Cecidomyiidae genera
- Bibionomorpha stubs
- Gall-inducing insects