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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 » Oligotrophini

Tribe Oligotrophini

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Another gall, anothe midge - Rhopalomyia clarkei Another gall, another midge - Rhopalomyia clarkei Coyote Brush Bud Gall Midge - Rhopalomyia californica Rhopalomyia pomum (Sponge Gall Midge)? - Rhopalomyia obovata sagebrush sponge galls - Rhopalomyia pomum Cecidomyiidae, spent pupaX, aster gall - Rhopalomyia Cecidomyiidae, perhaps Rhopalomyia medusa, on Artemisia - Rhopalomyia Cecidomyiidae, conical galls on Leaf plant leaves - Rhopalomyia undescribed-species-on-amorpha
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 Oligotrophini
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Oligotrophini Felt (1908)
Rhopalomyiini Rübsaamen & Hedicke (1926)
Numbers
Contains 7 genera:
Chiosperma Gagné
Helianthecis Gagné
Lonicerae Gagné
Oligotrophus Latreille
Psectrosema Kieffer
Rhopalomyia Rübsaamen
Walshomyia Felt
Print References
Gagné, Raymond J. 2016. Three new genera and three new species of Nearctic Lasiopteridi (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae: Cecidomyiinae) from Asteraceae and Caprifoliaceae, and the tribe Rhopalomyiini subsumed under Oligotrophini. Zootaxa 4158 (3): 403–418.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 13 December, 2012 - 10:07am
Last updated 13 September, 2016 - 7:46pm

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