Genus Mycodiplosis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Remarks · Works Cited

Midge larva from Procecidochares atra gall - Mycodiplosis

Cecidomyiidae, larvae on rust - Mycodiplosis

Cecidomyiidae, more larvae on rust - Mycodiplosis

midge from Pileolaria brevipes rust of Toxicodendron radicans - Mycodiplosis

Cecidomyiidae on leaf surfaces of Arnoglossum reniforme - Mycodiplosis

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

Genus Mycodiplosis

Explanation of Names

Mycodiplosis Rübsaamen 1895

Numbers

8 spp.

Remarks

Larvae of most species feed on rust fungi, which occasionally grow on leaves that are part of leafy galls. (1)

Raymond J. Gagné notes that "Mycodiplosis larvae have large heads for cecidomyiids and long antennae and can be mistaken for Lestodiplosis larvae when looked at only superfically. Another thing about the Mycodiplosis larvae is that the heads are held in a more vertical than horizontal plane, possibly to give them better purchase on the spores they feed on."

Works Cited

1.	The Plant-Feeding Gall Midges of North America Raymond J. Gagné. 1989. Cornell University Press.

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 13 March, 2013 - 4:58pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 8 June, 2017 - 8:48pm

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