Acericecis

Acericecis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Cecidomyiidae
Supertribe:	Lasiopteridi
Genus:	Acericecis Gagne, 1983

Acericecis is a genus of gall midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. There are five described species in Acericecis, one of which is known only from fossils. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} All extant species induce galls on the leaves of maples. ^[4] All species are known only from the Holarctic. ^[4] The genus was first described by American entomologist Raymond Gagne. ^[4] The type species is Acericecis occellaris. ^[4]

Species

The five species in the genus Acericecis are: ^[4]

• Acericecis campestre Harris, 2004
• † Acericecis chaneyi (Cockerell, 1927)
• Acericecis ocellaris (Osten Sacken, 1862) (ocellate gall midge)
• Acericecis szepligetii (Kieffer, 1902)
• Acericecis vitrina (Kieffer, 1909)

References

1. "Acericecis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
2. "Acericecis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
3. "Acericecis genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
4. Gagne, Raymond J.; Jaschhof, Mathias (2025). Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae of the World (6th ed.). doi:10.5281/zenodo.15409750. ISBN   978-0-9863941-5-7.

Further reading

• Gagné, R. J. (1989). The Plant-Feeding Gall Midges of North America. Cornell University Press. ISBN   978-0-8014-1918-8.
• Gagné, R. J. (1994). The Gall Midges of the Neotropical Region. Cornell University Press. ISBN   978-0-8014-2786-2.
• Gagné, Raymond J.; Jaschhof, Mathias (2017). A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World, Fourth Edition (PDF). Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-10-21. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
• McAlpine, J. F.; Petersen, B. V.; Shewell, G. E.; Teskey, H. J.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Wood, D. M., eds. (1981). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume I. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN   978-0-660-10731-8.
• Gagné, Raymond J.; Jaschhof, Mathias (2014). A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World (PDF) (Report). Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 18, 2014.