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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 » Dasineurini » Dasineura » Dasineura investita

Species Dasineura investita

Classification · Explanation of Names · Remarks · Print References · 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
Tribe Dasineurini
Genus Dasineura
Species investita (Dasineura investita)
Explanation of Names
Author: Plakidas, 2016
Remarks
Develops in galls on wood nettle (Laportea).
"Ovoid, smooth, translucent gall with short terminal nipple, connected to plant by narrow pedicel . . . Commonly found on leaves in June, the galls can be seen also on petioles, stems, and flower parts later in summer." (1)
Print References
Plakidas, John D. 2016. The gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae: Cecidomyiinae) from Allegheny County Pennsylvania. An International Journal of Dipterological Research 27(3-4):65-176.
Works Cited
1.The Plant-Feeding Gall Midges of North America
Raymond J. Gagné. 1989. Cornell University Press.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 13 January, 2010 - 9:35pm
Last updated 7 November, 2017 - 2:59pm

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