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Species Schizomyia racemicola

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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 Cecidomyiidi
Tribe Asphondyliini
Genus Schizomyia
Species racemicola (Schizomyia racemicola)
Remarks
This species modifies goldenrod (Solidago) florets to create short-pointed, green to red, smooth, onion-shaped galls. The orange larvae leave the galls to pupate in the ground. (1)
Works Cited
1.The Plant-Feeding Gall Midges of North America
Raymond J. Gagné. 1989. Cornell University Press.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 23 September, 2011 - 11:40pm

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