Stephomyia

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Stephomyia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Tribe: Asphondyliini
Genus:Stephomyia
Tavares, 1916

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

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 seven species belong to the genus Stephomyia:

Stephomyia eugeniae is a species of gall midges in the family Cecidomyiidae.

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References

  1. "Stephomyia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. "Stephomyia". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.

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