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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 » Alycaulini » Neolasioptera » Neolasioptera allioniae

Species Neolasioptera allioniae

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Works Cited
Cecidomyiidae, gall on wild 4 o'clocks - Neolasioptera allioniae Cecidomyiidae, stem galls, wild 4 o'clocks - Neolasioptera allioniae Cecidomyiidae, stem galls, wild 4 o'clocks, ripped open - Neolasioptera allioniae Cecidomyiidae, dorsal - Neolasioptera allioniae - male Cecidomyiidae, lateral - Neolasioptera allioniae - male Cecidomyiidae, ventral - Neolasioptera allioniae - male Cecidomyiidae, larva - Neolasioptera allioniae Vacant stem gall on Mirabilis linearis var linearis - Neolasioptera allioniae
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 Alycaulini
Genus Neolasioptera
Species allioniae (Neolasioptera allioniae)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Lasioptera allioniae Felt, 1911
Explanation of Names
Named after the host plant.
Range
Recorded from Colorado and Texas(1) but could be as widespread as its host plants.
Food
Galls in Allionia (Nyctaginaceae),(1) but the sense in which the name is used is unclear. The catalog lists also "A. nyctaginae" which is probably the species now called Mirabilis nyctaginea.
Life Cycle
"Swellings are polythalamous, tapered, 1.5 to 2 cm long, and usually near a node. Larvae overwinter in the stem and pupate in spring."(2)
Works Cited
1.Update for a catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the world. Digital version 1.
2.The Plant-Feeding Gall Midges of North America
Raymond J. Gagné. 1989. Cornell University Press.
Contributed by John F. Carr on 19 April, 2013 - 8:10pm

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