Dasineura | |
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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]