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Species Asphondylia helianthiglobulus

Gall Midge - Asphondylia helianthiglobulus Gall on a giant sunflower stem - Asphondylia helianthiglobulus Gall - Asphondylia helianthiglobulus gall midge - Asphondylia helianthiglobulus gall midge - Asphondylia helianthiglobulus Cecidomyiidae, Sunflower stem gall - Asphondylia helianthiglobulus Cecidomyiidae, Sunflower stem gall, other side - Asphondylia helianthiglobulus Cecidomyiidae, Stem galls on Sawtooth Sunflower - Asphondylia helianthiglobulus
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)
No Taxon (sunflower feeding species)
Species helianthiglobulus (Asphondylia helianthiglobulus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Asphondylia helianthi-globulus Osten Sacken, 1878
Remarks
Larvae form globular galls in Helianthus (sunflower), from which the species name. It is possible that similar galls on different species of sunflower are made by different species of midge.
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 15 July, 2009 - 8:23pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 29 December, 2019 - 7:20pm

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