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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) » Lasiopteridi » Lasiopterini

Tribe Lasiopterini

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Lasioptera vitis - female Horsenettle Stem Gall ID Request - Lasioptera solani Cecidomyiidae, larva - Lasioptera solidaginis Cecidomyiinae, gallX on Mountain Mint - Lasioptera lorrainae Cecidomyiidae, Virginia Wild Rye, larvae - Hybolasioptera elymi Cecidomyiidae, dorsal - Lasioptera solidaginis Cecidomyiidae, lateral - Lasioptera solidaginis Gall on richweed - Lasioptera
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
Tribe Lasiopterini
Remarks
"Lasiopterini are a large, chiefly Old World tribe. Of the 330 known species, only 37 are native to North America and none is known from South America. Most Lasiopterini form simple swellings on buds, stems, petioles, and leaf ribs of various plants, but some live in galls or galleries originally formed by other insects. Most are associated with a symbiotic fungus."(1)
Works Cited
1.Update for a catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the world. Digital version 1.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 20 November, 2012 - 7:59pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 6 December, 2013 - 7:42pm

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