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Subfamily Porricondylinae

gall midge on Hydnochaete olivaceum crust fungus

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 Porricondylinae

Food

Saprophagous or fungivorus (Pritchard 1953)

Remarks

This subfamily has recently been reduced by splitting off Winnertziinae. Possibly some images need to be moved to the latter page.

Most genera are assigned to three tribes: Asynaptini, Porricondylini, and Dicerurini. A few are left unplaced in the 2017 catalog.(1)

Works Cited

1.	Update for a catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the world. Digital version 1.

Contributed by John F. Carr on 15 February, 2010 - 5:24pm
Last updated 18 September, 2018 - 8:07am

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