Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Register
·
Log In
Home
Guide
ID Request
Recent
Frass
Forums
Donate
Help
Clickable Guide
Calendar
Upcoming Events
Registration
is open for the
2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho
July 24-27
Moth submissions
from
National Moth Week 2023
Photos of
insects
and
people
from the
2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico
, July 20-24
Photos of
insects
and
people
from the
Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana
, April 28-May 2
Photos of
insects
and
people
from the
2019 gathering in Louisiana
, July 25-27
Photos of
insects
and
people
from the
2018 gathering in Virginia
, July 27-29
Previous events
Taxonomy
Browse
Info
Images
Links
Books
Data
Home
» Guide »
Arthropods (Arthropoda)
»
Hexapods (Hexapoda)
»
Insects (Insecta)
»
Flies (Diptera)
»
"Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera)
»
Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies (Bibionomorpha)
»
Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges (Sciaroidea)
»
Gall Midges and Wood Midges (Cecidomyiidae)
»
Gall Midges (Cecidomyiinae)
»
Lasiopteridi
»
Oligotrophini
»
Rhopalomyia
»
Sponge Gall Midge (Rhopalomyia pomum)
Photo#383374
Copyright © 2010
Peter Bryant
Sponge Gall from Artemesia Tridentata -
Rhopalomyia pomum
Elephant Tree area, Anza Borrego State Park, San Diego County, California, USA
March 21, 2010
Size: ~ 2 cm diam
Images of this individual:
tag all
tag
·
login
or
register
to post comments
Contributed by
Peter Bryant
on 8 April, 2010 - 7:48pm
Last updated 21 February, 2018 - 3:15pm
Moved
Moved from
Tetrastichinae
.
…
Charley Eiseman
, 21 February, 2018 - 3:15pm
login
or
register
to post comments
Moved
Moved from
Eulophidae
.
…
Bob Zuparko
, 21 February, 2018 - 1:31pm
login
or
register
to post comments
Moved
Moved from
Eurytomidae
.
…
v belov
, 22 May, 2011 - 1:27pm
login
or
register
to post comments
Moved
Moved from
Sponge Gall Midge
.
…
Peter Bryant
, 22 May, 2011 - 11:39am
login
or
register
to post comments
Moved
Moved from
Eulophidae
.
…
Charley Eiseman
, 5 May, 2011 - 10:07am
login
or
register
to post comments
Moved
Moved from
Sponge Gall Midge
.
…
v belov
, 5 May, 2011 - 10:00am
login
or
register
to post comments
Moved
Moved from
Chalcidoid Wasps
.
…
Charley Eiseman
, 31 December, 2010 - 1:44pm
login
or
register
to post comments
This gall looks similar
This gall looks similar to yours:
The
BG Info Tab
for this gallmaker provides an internet reference to Hufbauer (2004), who reported six chalcid wasp parasitoids (pp. 326-327) : "a
Pteromalidae
, a
Eulophidae
in the subfamily Euderinae, an Orymiridae in the genus
Ormyrus
,...a
Eupelmidae
in the subfamily Eupelminae and two
Torymidae
: one in the subfamily Toryminae and one in the genus
Megastigmus
."
…
John Pearson
, 8 April, 2010 - 8:50pm
login
or
register
to post comments
Comment viewing options
Flat list - collapsed
Flat list - expanded
Threaded list - collapsed
Threaded list - expanded
Date - newest first
Date - oldest first
10 comments per page
30 comments per page
50 comments per page
70 comments per page
90 comments per page
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.