Daphnephila ornithocephala

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Daphnephila ornithocephala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Cecidomyiidae
Subfamily:
Cecidomyiinae
Genus:
Daphnephila
Species:
D. ornithocephala
Binomial name
Daphnephila ornithocephala
Tokuda, Yang & Yukawa, 2008

Daphnephila ornithocephala is a species of gall midge first associated with leaf galls on Lauraceae species, particularly Machilus thunbergii in Taiwan. Based on analysis on sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I, it has been suggested that in this genus, the stem-galling habit is a more ancestral state as opposed to the leaf-galling habit. This genus appears to have originated tropically and dispersed to Japan through Taiwan.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Tokuda, Makoto; Yang, Man-Miao; Yukawa, Junichi (2008). "Taxonomy and Molecular Phylogeny of Daphnephila Gall Midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Inducing Complex Leaf Galls on Lauraceae, with Descriptions of Five New Species Associated with Machilus thunbergii in Taiwan". Zoological Science. 25 (5): 533–545. doi:10.2108/zsj.25.533. ISSN 0289-0003. PMID 18558807. S2CID 32370318.

Further reading[]

  • Pan, Liang-Yu; et al. (2015). "Is a Gall an Extended Phenotype of the Inducing Insect? A Comparative Study of Selected Morphological and Physiological Traits of Leaf and Stem Galls on Machilus thunbergii (Lauraceae) Induced by Five Species of Daphnephila (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in Northeastern Taiwan". Zoological Science. 32 (3): 314–321. doi:10.2108/zs140244. PMID 26003988. S2CID 207285754.
  • Chiang, Tung-Chyuan, and 江東權. "Biosystematics of the galling midge Daphnephila (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on Machilus spp.(Lauraceae) in Taiwan." (2012).
  • Chao, Jo-Fan; Liao, Gwo-Ing (2013). "Histocytological aspects of four types of ambrosia galls on Machilus zuihoensis Hayata (Lauraceae)". Flora-Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants. 208 (3): 157–164. doi:10.1016/j.flora.2013.01.001.

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