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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies (Bibionomorpha) » Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges (Sciaroidea) » Gall Midges and Wood Midges (Cecidomyiidae) » Gall Midges (Cecidomyiinae) » Cecidomyiidi » Cecidomyiini » Prodiplosis » Prodiplosis violicola
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Phytophaga violicola, Violet Gall Midge? - Prodiplosis violicola
Copyright © 2012 Debbi Brusco

Phytophaga violicola, Violet Gall Midge? - Prodiplosis violicola
Hayward, Alameda County, California, USA
May 20, 2012
see other; these are different specimens but I'm keeping them together for now.

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Phytophaga violicola, Violet Gall Midge? - male Phytophaga violicola, Violet Gall Midge? - Prodiplosis violicola Phytophaga violicola, Violet Gall Midge? - female Phytophaga violicola, Violet Gall Midge? - female Phytophaga violicola, Violet Gall Midge?
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Contributed by Debbi Brusco on 21 May, 2012 - 7:59pm
Last updated 26 November, 2012 - 5:04pm

Moved
Moved from Gall Midges.
These do appear to be Prodiplosis violicola galls, but the midges you reared may be inquilines or predators. I don't know enough to say based on their appearance, but larvae of this species are supposed to drop to the ground to pupate (see guide page).
… Charley Eiseman, 26 November, 2012 - 5:04pm login or register to post comments

 
First is probably not Prodiplosis
The first photo appears to have 14 flagellomeres, ruling out Cecidomyiidi (other than Planetella, which it is not).
… John F. Carr, 26 November, 2012 - 9:29pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 24 June, 2012 - 9:21am login or register to post comments

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