Lasioptera ephedrae

Lasioptera ephedrae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Cecidomyiidae
Genus:	Lasioptera
Species:	L. ephedrae
Binomial name
Lasioptera ephedrae Cockerell, 1898

Lasioptera ephedrae is a species of gall midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} It forms galls on Ephedra trifurca stems. ^[5]

References

1. "Lasioptera ephedrae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
2. "Lasioptera ephedrae species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
3. "Lasioptera ephedrae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
4. "Lasioptera ephedrae Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
5. Herman, R. Peter; Bynum, Holly G.; Alexander, Anthony B. (1993). "Interaction between the Black Yeast Aureobasidium pullulans and the Gall Midge Lasioptera ephedricola in Gall Formation on the Desert Shrub Ephedra trifurca". Ecography. 16 (3): 261–268. ISSN   0906-7590 . Retrieved 5 September 2023.

Further reading

• Gagné, Raymond J.; Jaschhof, Mathias (2017). A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World, Fourth Edition (PDF). Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 28, 2018.
• Gagné, Raymond J.; Jaschhof, Mathias (2014). A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World (PDF) (Report). Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 18, 2014.