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gall midge (Cecidomyiidae:Porricondylinae) on Hydnoporia olivacea crust fungus
Copyright © 2020 Bill Sheehan

gall midge (Cecidomyiidae:Porricondylinae) on Hydnoporia olivacea crust fungus
Clarke County, Georgia, USA
December 10, 2020
Size: 1.5 mm
Common galls on Hydnoporia olivacea crust fungus on oak branches.
Collected branches in November, larvae emerged from galls circa December 10, tried to burrow into damp paper towels. Several pupated, several adults.
15 midges saved in alcohol.

NOTE: This fungus is widely known as Hydnochaete olivacea (or -um). Current name in MycoBank is Hymenochaetopsis olivacea; in Species Fungorum is Hydnoporia olivacea

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Contributed by Bill Sheehan on 10 December, 2020 - 8:07pm
Last updated 25 February, 2021 - 5:56am

Moved
Moved from Porricondylinae.

From Ray's recent email to Bill, "I placed some of your specimens on slides and found that they don’t fit anything that has been described. I can place them only to the tribe Porricondylini; the species is surely new to science, and I doubt very much that anyone knows more about its ecology than you do."
… Charley Eiseman, 25 February, 2021 - 5:56am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Confirmed by Ray Gagne.
… Charley Eiseman, 19 December, 2020 - 10:19am login or register to post comments

Porricondylinae?
Probably subfamily Porricondylinae.
… John F. Carr, 12 December, 2020 - 8:41am login or register to post comments

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