Family Cecidomyiidae - Gall Midges

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))

Infraorder Bibionomorpha

Family Cecidomyiidae (Gall Midges)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cecidiomyiidae (spelling)

Numbers

more than 1,200 species in 170 genera in North America (nearctica.com)

Identification

Minute, delicate flies with long legs and usually relatively long antennae, and with reduced wing venation. (1) p.578.

Food

Most feed on plants, some on decaying matter and a few on aphids.

Remarks

An important pest is the Hessian fly, Mayetiola destructor, which is a pest of wheat.

Print References

(1)

Internet References

pinned adult images and photos of galls (Insects of Cedar Creek, Minnesota).

Wikipedia.

USDA Forestry Services.

Works Cited

1.	Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects By Norman F. Johnson, Charles A. Triplehorn

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 31 October, 2004 - 3:39pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, Robin McLeod
Last updated 29 February, 2008 - 8:15am

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