Paradiplosis tumifex

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Paradiplosis tumifex
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Supertribe: Cecidomyiidi
Tribe: Cecidomyiini
Genus: Paradiplosis
Species:
P. tumifex
Binomial name
Paradiplosis tumifex
Gagne, 1978

Paradiplosis tumifex, the balsam gall midge, is a species of gall midges, insects 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. "Paradiplosis tumifex Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
  2. "Paradiplosis tumifex species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
  3. "Paradiplosis tumifex". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
  4. "Paradiplosis tumifex Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-20.

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