Supertribe Lasiopteridi

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Remarks · Works Cited

Rhopalomyia audibertiae? - Rhopalomyia audibertiae

Unid Leafminer Gsc1 - Asteromyia carbonifera

Leaf Galls on Hackberry - Celticecis capsularis

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

Numbers

Includes the tribes Alycaulini, Lasiopterini, Ledomyiini, Oligotrophini, and Trotteriini.

Identification

Most have an irregular number of flagellomeres, rarely numbering exactly 12. Male flagellomeres are made up of a node and a distal neck that is longer than on female antennae. The cerci of the ovipositor are usually fused into one caudal lobe. The male aedeagus is supported on each side by gonocoxal lobes. Most ventral papillae of the larvae are setose. (1)

Remarks

Mostly gall makers; a few fungus feeders.

Works Cited

1.	The Plant-Feeding Gall Midges of North America Raymond J. Gagné. 1989. Cornell University Press.

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 15 December, 2010 - 12:58pm

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