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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 » Monarthropalpus » Boxwood Leafminer (Monarthropalpus flavus)

Species Monarthropalpus flavus - Boxwood Leafminer

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
Monarthropalpus flavus Monarthropalpus flavus - male Monarthropalpus flavus Monarthropalpus flavus - female gall midge - Monarthropalpus flavus Boxwood leafminer (Monarthropalpus flavus)? - Monarthropalpus flavus Monarthropalpus flavus? - Monarthropalpus flavus Small fly on boxwood - Monarthropalpus flavus
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
Genus Monarthropalpus
Species flavus (Boxwood Leafminer)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Tipula flava Schrank, 1776
Cecidomyia buxi Laboulbène, 1873
Commonly recorded as Monarthopalpus buxi.
Explanation of Names
The genus name means "single-jointed palps". Most Nematocera have longer palps.
The species name means yellow.
Range
"The species, an immigrant from Europe, was introduced into North America during colonial times with potted boxwood."(1) It is now widespread.(2)
Remarks
Larve form 5 mm blisters on the upper sides of boxwood leaves.(1) This is the only gall midge on boxwood in North America. The genus Buxus is not native and has no native gall makers.
Works Cited
1.The Plant-Feeding Gall Midges of North America
Raymond J. Gagné. 1989. Cornell University Press.
2.Update for a catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the world. Digital version 1.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 16 September, 2008 - 6:56pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 26 June, 2015 - 7:49am

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