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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) » Lasiopteridi » Hackberry Gall Midges (Celticecis) » Hackberry Thorn Gall Midge (Celticecis spiniformis)

Species Celticecis spiniformis - Hackberry Thorn Gall Midge

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
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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
Genus Celticecis (Hackberry Gall Midges)
Species spiniformis (Hackberry Thorn Gall Midge)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cecidomyiaceltis spiniformis Patton, 1897
Cecidomyia unguicula Beutenmüller, 1907
Celticesis spiniformis
Explanation of Names
The name spiniformis refers to the gall's spinelike shape. (1)
Range
Widespread in the eastern half of the US, but conspicuously absent in Florida. (1)
Remarks
Forms spine-shaped galls on the undersides of hackberry (Celtis) leaves.
Works Cited
1.The North American gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) of hackberries (Cannabaceae: Celtis spp.)
Raymond J. Gagné and John C. Moser. 2013. The American Entomological Society.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 21 August, 2009 - 7:57pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, john and jane balaban
Last updated 6 June, 2019 - 2:26pm

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