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Subfamily Cecidomyiinae - Gall Midges

gall on thimbleberry petiole - Neolasioptera nodulosa Rhopalomyia anthophila, Solidago flower gall with 2 larvae - Rhopalomyia anthophila Galls on leaf stem of Frost Grape - Vitisiella brevicauda Cecidomyiinae, Boxelder leaf galls - Contarinia negundinis Cecidomyiidae, 2 gallsX under side of leaf - Asteromyia Cecidomyiidae, one of the flies, dorsal - Neolasioptera Galls on leaves of Carya sapling - Dasineura pellex Cecidomyiidae, Willow gall - Rabdophaga
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)
Numbers
Over 1,000 species in North America, almost evenly divided between the two large supertribes Cecidomyiidi and Lasiopteridi. Supertribe Stomatosematidi contains four North American species and supertribe Brachineuridi contains 32 species.
Identification
The gall-forming "Gall Midges" belong to this subfamily.
Adults have Rs absent (except for the four species of Stomatosematidi) and basitarsus much shorter than second segment of tarsus.
Remarks
General information on family page(1) applies to this subfamily as well.