Dicrodiplosis

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Dicrodiplosis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Subfamily: Cecidomyiinae
Supertribe: Cecidomyiidi
Genus:Dicrodiplosis
Kieffer, 1895

Dicrodiplosis is a genus of gall midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. There are about 15 described species in Dicrodiplosis. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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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Species

These 15 species belong to the genus Dicrodiplosis:

Dicrodiplosis californica, the mealybug-destroying predaceous gall midge, is a species of gall midges in the family Cecidomyiidae.

Data sources: i = ITIS, [1] c = Catalogue of Life, [2] g = GBIF, [3] b = Bugguide.net [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Dicrodiplosis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  2. 1 2 "Browse Dicrodiplosis". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  3. 1 2 "Dicrodiplosis". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  4. 1 2 "Dicrodiplosis Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-05.

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