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Species Rhopalomyia californica - Coyote Brush Bud Gall Midge

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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 Lasiopteridi
Tribe Oligotrophini
Genus Rhopalomyia
Species californica (Coyote Brush Bud Gall Midge)
Explanation of Names
Author: Felt, 1908.
Remarks
Adults emerge, mate, lay their eggs, and die, all within a 24-hour period (on warm days, as little as a 5- to 6-hour period. Portrait of an Ephemeral Adult Stage: Egg Maturation, Oviposition, and Longevity of the Gall Midge Rhopalomyia californica (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae).

Larval ectoparasitoids include Torymus koebelei and T. baccaricidis.(1)
An endoparasitoid is Platygaster californica, that deposits in eggs and develops in the midge larvae. While this hymenoptera initially parasitizes eggs, it ultimately will incur high larval mortality from interactions with the ectoparasitoids.(1)
Larval endoparasitoids include Tetrastichus sp.. This genera rarely attacks hosts previously parasitized by others.(2)
Works Cited
1.Insect Ecology: Behavior, Populations and Communities
P. W. Price, R. F. Denno, M. D. Eubanks. 2011. Cambridge University Press.
2.Ammophila sp.