Dasineura

Dasineura
Dasineura salicifoliae larva in gall
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Cecidomyiidae
Subfamily:	Cecidomyiinae
Supertribe:	Lasiopteridi
Tribe:	Oligotrophini
Genus:	Dasineura Rondani, 1840
Type species
Tipula sisymbrii Schrank, 1803
Synonyms
Neocerata Coquillett, 1900

Dasineura is a genus of midges in the family Cecidomyiidae, some of which cause galls on plants such as Dasineura crataegi on hawthorn ( Crataegus monogyna ) and Dasineura fraxinea on ash ( Fraxinus excelsior ). ^{[1] [2]}

Gallery

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  Galls of Dasineura salicifoliae
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  Larvae of Dasineura tumidosae
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  Larva of Dasineura pellex
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  Larva of Dasineura carbonaria
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  Dasineura brassicae, adult
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  Galls of Dasineura scorpii
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  Galls of Dasineura meibomiae

See also

• List of Dasineura species

References

1. Bisby F.A.; Roskov Y.R.; Orrell T.M.; Nicolson D.; Paglinawan L.E.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.M.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Ouvrard D. (red.) (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
2. Redfern, Margaret; Shirley, Peter; Bloxham, Michael (2011). British Plant Galls (Second ed.). Preston Montford: FSC Publications. ISBN   978 1 85153 284 1.