Caryomyia thompsoni

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Caryomyia thompsoni
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Genus: Caryomyia
Species:
C. thompsoni
Binomial name
Caryomyia thompsoni
(Felt, 1908)
Synonyms [1]
  • Hormomyia thompsoni Felt, 1908

Caryomyia thompsoni, the hickory placenta gall midge, is a species of gall midge in the family Cecidomyiidae. [1] [2] [3]

Cecidomyiidae Family of flies

Cecidomyiidae is a family of flies known as gall midges or gall gnats. As the name implies, the larvae of most gall midges feed within plant tissue, creating abnormal plant growths called galls.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Caryomyia thompsoni Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. "Caryomyia thompsoni". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.

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