Asphondyliini

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Asphondyliini
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Asphondylia solidaginis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Subfamily: Cecidomyiinae
Tribe: Asphondyliini
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Schizomyia racemicola larva

Asphondyliini is a tribe of gall midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. There are about six genera and at least 100 described species in Asphondyliini. [1] [2] [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Asphondyliini Tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "Asphondyliini Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "Asphondyliini Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  4. ↑ Yukawa, Junichi; Tokuda, Makoto (1 July 2006). "First Records of Genus Bruggmanniella (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae: Asphondyliini) from Palaearctic and Oriental Regions, with Descriptions of Two New Species That Induce Stem Galls on Lauraceae in Japan". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 99 (4): 629–637. doi: 10.1603/0013-8746(2006)99[629:FROGBD]2.0.CO;2 . ISSN   0013-8746.

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