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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) » Cecidomyiidi » Asphondyliini » Bud gall midges (Asphondylia) » creosote bush feeding species (Asphondylia creosote bush feeding species) » Asphondylia florea
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Creosote bush gall midge - Asphondylia florea
Copyright © 2017 Charley Eiseman

Creosote bush gall midge - Asphondylia florea
Coyote Canyon, San Diego County, California, USA
March 9, 2017
I assume this midge had just emerged from the gall it was resting next to. The gall doesn't seem to match any of the 16 known creosote bush galls illustrated in (1), but 15 of the 16 are Asphondylia species, and the one Contarinia gall is nothing like this.

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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 1 October, 2017 - 10:09am
Last updated 21 February, 2023 - 12:21am

Moved
Moved from creosote bush feeding species.
… Joshua C'deBaca, 21 February, 2023 - 12:21am login or register to post comments

A. florea?
I think the gall might be a distorted flower, since it's at the end of a stalk, making this A. florea. I'm not certain though.
… Joshua C'deBaca, 13 March, 2022 - 11:24pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Asphondylia.
… John F. Carr, 28 December, 2019 - 5:22pm login or register to post comments

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