Alycaulini

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Alycaulini
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Subfamily: Cecidomyiinae
Tribe: Alycaulini

Alycaulini is a tribe of gall midges, insects in the family Cecidomyiidae. There are about 20 genera and at least 200 described species in Alycaulini. [1] [2]

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Genera

These genera belong to the tribe Alycaulini:

Data sources: i = ITIS, [1] c = Catalogue of Life, [3] g = GBIF, [4] b = Bugguide.net [2] w = Catalog of Cecidomyiidae of the World [5]

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Thecodiplosis is a genus of gall midges, insects in the family Cecidomyiidae. There are about six described species in Thecodiplosis.

<i>Macrodiplosis</i> Genus of flies

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Catotricha is a genus of midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. The five described species in Catotricha are found in the holarctic region. This genus was established by British entomologist Frederick Wallace Edwards in 1938.

<i>Asteromyia euthamiae</i> Species of fly

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<i>Asteromyia</i> Genus of flies

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Craneiobia is a genus of gall midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. There are at least two described species in Craneiobia. They create tube-like galls on leaves of Cornus plants.

Cystiphora is a genus of gall midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. There are about seven described species in Cystiphora.

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Micromyini is a tribe of wood midges, insects in the family Cecidomyiidae. There are about 9 genera and at least 30 described species in Micromyini.

<i>Blaesodiplosis</i> Genus of flies

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<i>Obolodiplosis</i> Genus of flies

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Winnertziinae</span> Subfamily of flies

Winnertziinae is a subfamily of gall midges and wood midges in the family Cecidomyiidae.

Sackenomyia is a genus of gall midges, insects in the family Cecidomyiidae. There are about five described species in Sackenomyia.

<i>Janetiella</i> Genus of flies

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Acericecis is a genus of gall midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. There are at least three described species in Acericecis.

Stephomyia is a genus of gall midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. There are about seven described species in Stephomyia.

References

  1. 1 2 "Alycaulini Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  2. 1 2 "Alycaulini Tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  3. "Catalogue of Life" . Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  4. "GBIF" . Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  5. 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. Retrieved 2018-03-27.

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