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Genus Asphondylia - Bud gall midges

Asphondylia auripila? - Asphondylia auripila rosette gall on seaside goldenrod, Solidago sempervirens - Asphondylia Gall infested bush - Asphondylia neomexicana Flies? - Asphondylia Pelham Road gall maybe on Solidago canadensis D_G78 2019 2 - Asphondylia solidaginis Pelham Road gall maybe on Solidago canadensis D_G78 2019 4 - Asphondylia solidaginis Tiny Fly - Asphondylia Asphondylia diervillae
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 Asphondyliini
Genus Asphondylia (Bud gall midges)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cecidomyia (Asphondylia) Loew 1850
Numbers
Nearctica lists 85 species.
Identification
The needle-like ovipositor is nearly as long as the abdomen and composed of chitin.(1)
Food
Leaf or fruit buds of many plants.(1)
Remarks
"Asphondylia species mostly form galls on flowers or flower buds and prevent fruiting in a great many families of plants, but some form complex galls on other plant parts. All are associated with symbiotic fungi. Some species are of economic importance, e.g., A. websteri and A. gennadii and include those that affect buds and have alternate or multiple hosts. Some species alternate generations between two parts of a single plant species, e.g., A. rudbeckiaeconspicua, that forms a winter crown gall at the base of the plant and a summer flower bud gall. Many species groups within this genus are the result of radiation on particular plant genera, e.g. Atriplex and Larrea, and are closely host specific."(2)
Works Cited
1.Plant Galls and Gall Makers
Ephraim Porter Felt. 1940. Comstock Publishing Company, Inc., Ithaca NY.
2.Update for a catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the world. Digital version 1.