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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Bibionomorpha » Gall Midges (Cecidomyiidae) » Asphondylia » Asphondylia auripila
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Asphondylia auripila
Copyright © 2003 John R. Maxwell

Asphondylia auripila
Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, USA
March 1, 2003
A long time ago I took a picture of what I assumed was a dried flower on a desert succulent bush. But maybe it could be a gall?

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Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 18 January, 2009 - 10:29pm
Last updated 19 January, 2009 - 10:13am

Moved
Moved from Asphondylia.
… Charley Eiseman, 18 January, 2009 - 11:00pm login or register to post comments

Sure thing
The only creosote bush midge gall that has a name at this point--Asphondylia auripila Felt.
… Charley Eiseman, 18 January, 2009 - 10:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Asphondylia species
Ron Russo's book (1) has 13 Asphondylia named to species that occur on creosote bush. (The other species of Asphondylia have smaller galls of various different configurations. The gall in this photo is definitely A. auripila.)
… Joyce Gross, 19 January, 2009 - 5:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Named in the past 20 years, I guess...
Gagne (1989) illustrates others, but says that's the only named species. I meant to qualify that statement. Thanks for the correction.
… Charley Eiseman, 19 January, 2009 - 5:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Coooooool
I was just looking at the picture, and I thought I would give it a try for an ID!
… John R. Maxwell, 18 January, 2009 - 10:48pm login or register to post comments

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