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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) » Porricondylinae » Porricondylini » Isocolpodia

Genus Isocolpodia

Classification · Habitat · Remarks
Gall Midge? - Isocolpodia Gall Midge? - Isocolpodia Gall Midge? - Isocolpodia Gall Midge? - Isocolpodia Small brown fly with long legs - Isocolpodia Small brown fly with long legs - Isocolpodia Small brown fly with long legs - Isocolpodia Fly - Isocolpodia - male
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 Porricondylinae
Tribe Porricondylini
Genus Isocolpodia
Habitat
"Larvae feed in soil at the base of grasses." -- Comment by John Plakidas
Remarks
Four species in North America, all eastern. I. graminis is the common one.
Contributed by John F. Carr on 27 October, 2012 - 3:11pm
Last updated 24 March, 2014 - 5:01pm

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