Caryomyia

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Caryomyia
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Galls caused by Caryomyia spp.
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Tribe: Cecidomyiini
Genus: Caryomyia

Caryomyia is a genus of hickory gall midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. They are often known as the hickory gall midges since most species feed on various species of hickory.[1] There are at least 30 described species in Caryomyia.[1][2][3]

Species[]

  • Gagne, 2008 (hickory aggregate gall midge)
  • Gagne, 2008 (hickory white-haired gall midge)
  • Felt, 1909
  • (Felt, 1908)
  • Gagne, 2008 (hickory sombrero gall midge)
  • Gagne, 2008 (hickory starburst gall midge)
  • Caryomyia caryae (Osten Sacken, 1862) (hickory sticky globe gall midge)
  • Caryomyia caryaecola (Osten Sacken, 1862) (hickory onion gall midge)
  • Gagne, 2008 (hickory fuzzy ginger jar gall midge)
  • Felt, 1909
  • Gagne, 2008 (hickory pumpkin gall midge)
  • (Osten Sacken, 1862)
  • Gagne, 2008 (hickory puff tart gall midge)
  • Gagne, 2008 (hickory blue-powder gall midge)
  • Gagne, 2008 (hickory woody globe gall midge)
  • (Osten Sacken, 1862)
  • Felt, 1909
  • Gagne, 2008 (hickory popover gall midge)
  • Caryomyia persicoides (Osten Sacken, 1862) (hickory peach-haired gall midge)
  • Gagne, 2008 (hickory purple gumdrop gall midge)
  • Caryomyia sanguinolenta (Osten Sacken, 1862) (hickory smooth gumdrop gall midge)
  • Felt, 1909
  • Gagne, 2008 (hickory spiny ball gall midge)
  • Gagne, 2008 (hickory starry-base gall midge)
  • Gagne, 2008 (hickory awl-shaped gall midge)
  • Caryomyia thompsoni (Felt, 1908) (hickory placenta gall midge)
  • Gagne, 2008 (hickory bumpy woody gall midge)
  • Caryomyia tubicola (Osten Sacken, 1862) (hickory bullet gall midge)
  • Gagne, 2008 (hickory urn gall midge)
  • Gagne, 2008 (hickory sticky ginger jar gall midge)

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Caryomyia Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
  2. ^ "Caryomyia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
  3. ^ "Caryomyia Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-07.

Further reading[]

  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.

External links[]

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