Miastor metraloas

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Miastor metraloas
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Tribe: Heteropezini
Genus: Miastor
Species:
M. metraloas
Binomial name
Miastor metraloas
Meinert, 1864
Synonyms [1]
  • Miastor americana Felt, 1907

Miastor metraloas is a species of midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. [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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References

  1. 1 2 "Miastor metraloas Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  2. "Miastor metraloas species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  3. "Miastor metraloas". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  4. "Miastor metraloas Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-06.

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