Asteromyia tumifica

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Asteromyia tumifica
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A. tumifica stem gall
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Genus: Asteromyia
Species:
A. tumifica
Binomial name
Asteromyia tumifica
(Beutenmuller, 1907)
Synonyms [1]
  • Lasioptera tumifica Beutenmuller, 1907

Asteromyia tumifica is a species of gall midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. [1] [2] [3] [4] This fly causes blister galls on green stems at the base of goldenrod stems. It has a fungal symbiont responsible for forming a black, hard cast around full-grown larvae. The fungi are transported by the female midges in the ovipositor and spores are transferred at the time of egg insertion into the stem. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Asteromyia tumifica Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  2. ↑ "Asteromyia tumifica species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  3. ↑ "Asteromyia tumifica". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  4. ↑ "Asteromyia tumifica Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  5. ↑ Borkent, Art (1985). "Gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) are vectors for their fungal symbionts" (PDF). Symbiosis. 1: 185–194.

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