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Tribe Cecidomyiini

Representative Images

Hickory gall - Caryomyia subulata Are they all Caryomia tubericola? the flat ones being old? on Carya glabra - Caryomyia tubicola Hickory Sticky Ginger Jar Gall Midge - Caryomyia viscidolium Caryomyia viscidolium Basswood (Tilia) gall - Contarinia verrucicola Gall Midge - Contarinia undescribed-species-on-boxelder Cecidomyiidae, Erigeron annuus inflorescence gall; an inquiline? - Contarinia unknown - Taxodiomyia cupressiananassa

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))
Infraorder Bibionomorpha (Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies)
Superfamily Sciaroidea (Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges)
Family Cecidomyiidae (Gall Midges and Wood Midges)
Subfamily Cecidomyiinae (Gall Midges)
Supertribe Cecidomyiidi
Tribe Cecidomyiini

Remarks

"This large tribe of 585 known species is exclusively plant-feeding. The distinguishing character is the makeup of the terminal papillae of the larvae: one pair is corniform and recurved and the remaining three pairs have short setae. Most Cecidomyiini have simple, untoothed tarsal claws and all are curved beyond midlength."(1)

Works Cited

1.Update for a catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the world. Digital version 1.
Contributed by John F. Carr on 16 September, 2016 - 3:31pm

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