Asteromyia

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Asteromyia
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Asteromyia carbonifera, larva
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Tribe: Alycaulini
Genus: Asteromyia
Felt, 1910

Asteromyia is a genus of gall midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. There are about nine described species in Asteromyia. [1] [2] [3]

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Species

These nine species belong to the genus Asteromyia:

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References

  1. "Asteromyia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. "Asteromyia". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

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