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Family Cecidomyiidae - Gall Midges

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
very small fly Long Antennae, Long Legs Gall Midge Which Gall Midge? Gall Midge (Cecidomyiidae) Gall Midge (Cecidomyiidae) Gall Midge Gall Midge
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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