Tribe Lopesiini

Classification · Remarks · Works Cited

Who emerged from here? - Obolodiplosis robiniae

Lopesia from Croton glandulosus galls - Lopesia - female

Obolodiplosis robiniae? - Obolodiplosis robiniae

Cecidomyiidae, Black Locust leaf edge , upper side - Obolodiplosis robiniae

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 Lopesiini

Remarks

"This tribe of 31 species, all plant feeders, appears mainly tropical in distribution. Its separation as a tribe is still uncertain due to the small known sample and its still indistinct morphological limits that include: general robustness; reductions in size and circumfila of male flagellomeres; extra teeth on the tarsal claws of some species; and numerous short, sensory ventral setae on the female cerci. Known larvae have diminutive terminal papillae with two or more pairs bearing tiny corniform setae."(1)

Works Cited

1.	Update for a catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the world. Digital version 1.

Contributed by John F. Carr on 7 September, 2018 - 5:56pm

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