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Genus Harmandiola

gall on quaking aspen laef - Harmandiola galls on bigtooth aspen - Harmandiola Harmandia - Harmandiola Harmandia - Harmandiola Harmandia - Harmandiola Cecidomyiinae, leaf galls on Quaking Aspen - Harmandiola Cecidomyiidae, gall on Quaking Aspen, upper side of leaf - Harmandiola Cecidomyiidae, upper side of leaf - Harmandiola
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 Cecidomyiidi
Genus Harmandiola
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Harmandia Kieffer, 1896 (preoccupied by the mollusk genus Harmandia Rochebrune, 1881)
Explanation of Names
Author: Skuhravá, 1997
Numbers
6 described North American species. (1)
Range
Holarctic
Life Cycle
In late spring or summer, full-grown larvae drop to the ground to overwinter. (1)
Remarks
Species in this genus form convex or spherical leaf and petiole galls on poplars (Populus spp.). Only two of the six described North American species have been associated with particular galls. (1)
Works Cited
1.The Plant-Feeding Gall Midges of North America
Raymond J. Gagné. 1989. Cornell University Press.