Asphondylia

Genus of flies

Asphondylia
Asphondylia solidaginis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Tribe: Asphondyliini
Genus: Asphondylia
Asphondylia solidaginis, gall in goldenrod (Solidago)
Asphondylia solidaginis pupa in its gall

Asphondylia is a cosmopolitan genus of gall midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. All species in this genus induce galls on plants, especially on flowers and flower buds.[1][2] There are over 300 described species in Asphondylia, with many more likely to be discovered and described, especially in the southern hemisphere.[1][2]

Within the genus, characteristics of the larvae and pupae are often most useful for distinguishing between species since adults of most species look very similar to one another.[3] The species inducing a given gall can sometimes be identified based on the shape and placement of the gall in combination with the identity of the host plant.[2]

Species

  • Asphondylia abutilon Felt, 1935
  • Asphondylia adenostoma Felt, 1916
  • Asphondylia amaranthi Felt, 1935
  • Asphondylia ambrosiae Gagne, 1975
  • Asphondylia antennariae (Wheeler, 1889)
  • Asphondylia artemisiae Felt, 1908
  • Asphondylia atriplicicola (Cockerell, 1898)
  • Asphondylia atriplicis (Townsend, 1893)
  • Asphondylia auripila Felt, 1907
  • Asphondylia autumnalis Beutenmuller, 1907
  • Asphondylia azaleae Felt, 1907
  • Asphondylia baroni Felt, 1908
  • Asphondylia bea Felt, 1925
  • Asphondylia betheli Cockerell, 1907
  • Asphondylia bidens Johannsen, 1945
  • Asphondylia bigeloviaebrassicoides (Townsend, 1893)
  • Asphondylia boerhaaviae Mohn, 1959
  • Asphondylia borrichiae Rossi & Strong, 1990
  • Asphondylia brevicauda Felt, 1907
  • Asphondylia buddleia (Felt, 1935)
  • Asphondylia bumeliae Felt, 1907
  • Asphondylia caudicis Gagne, 1986
  • Asphondylia ceanothi Felt, 1908 (ceanothus bud gall midge)
  • Asphondylia chrysothamni Felt, 1916
  • Asphondylia clematidis Felt, 1935
  • Asphondylia diervillae Felt, 1907
  • Asphondylia diplaci Felt, 1912
  • Asphondylia dondiae Felt, 1918
  • Asphondylia enceliae Felt, 1912
  • Asphondylia eupatorii Felt, 1911
  • Asphondylia floccosa Gagne, 1968 (woolly stem gall midge)
  • Asphondylia florida Felt, 1908
  • Asphondylia foliata Gagne, 1986
  • Asphondylia fulvopedalis Felt, 1907
  • Asphondylia garryae Felt, 1912
  • Asphondylia gemmae Gagne, 1968
  • Asphondylia helianthiflorae Felt, 1908
  • Asphondylia helianthiglobulus Osten Sacken, 1878
  • Asphondylia hydrangeae Felt, 1907
  • Asphondylia ilicicola Foote, 1953
  • Asphondylia ilicoides Felt, 1907
  • Asphondylia integrifoliae Felt, 1908
  • Asphondylia johnsoni Felt, 1908
  • Asphondylia lacinariae Felt, 1935
  • Asphondylia mentzeliae Cockerell, 1900
  • Asphondylia mimosae Felt, 1934
  • Asphondylia monacha Osten Sacken, 1869
  • Asphondylia nepetae Viggiani, 2018 [4]
  • Asphondylia neomexicana (Cockerell, 1896)
  • Asphondylia nodula Gagne, 1986
  • Asphondylia photiniae Pritchard, 1952
  • Asphondylia pilosa Kieffer, 1898
  • Asphondylia portulacae Mohn, 1959
  • Asphondylia prosopidis Cockerell, 1898 (mesquite gall midge)
  • Asphondylia pseudorosa Dorchin, 2015
  • Asphondylia ratibidae Felt, 1935
  • Asphondylia recondita Osten Sacken, 1875
  • Asphondylia resinosa Gagne, 1990 (creosote resin gall mige)
  • Asphondylia rosulata Dorchin, 2015
  • Asphondylia rudbeckiaeconspicua Osten Sacken, 1878
  • Asphondylia salictaria Felt, 1907
  • Asphondylia sambuci Felt, 1908
  • Asphondylia sarothamni Loew, 1850
  • Asphondylia shepherdiae Felt, 1916
  • Asphondylia smilacinae Felt, 1907
  • Asphondylia silva Dorchin, 2015
  • Asphondylia solidaginis Beutenmüller, 1907
  • Asphondylia thalictri Felt, 1911
  • Asphondylia verbenae Felt, 1935
  • Asphondylia vernoniae Felt, 1908
  • Asphondylia websteri Felt, 1917 (alfalfa gall midge)
  • Asphondylia xanthii Felt, 1936

References

  1. ^ a b R.J. Gagne; M. Jaschof (2021). A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World (5th ed.). ISBN 978-0-9863941-3-3. Wikidata Q109561625.
  2. ^ a b c Netta Dorchin; Jeffrey B. Joy; Lukas K. Hilke; Michael J. Wise; Warren G. Abrahamson (14 May 2015). "Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Asphondylia species (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) of North American goldenrods: challenging morphology, complex host associations, and cryptic speciation". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 174 (2): 265–304. doi:10.1111/ZOJ.12234. ISSN 1096-3642. Wikidata Q99657406.
  3. ^ Raymond J. Gagné; Jung Wook Kim; Nami Uechi; Junichi Yukawa (October 2018). "A New Pest Asphondylia (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on Grape Berries (Vitaceae) in Southwestern North America with Descriptive Notes on the Genus". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 120 (4): 779–790. doi:10.4289/0013-8797.120.4.779. ISSN 0013-8797. Wikidata Q104459527.
  4. ^ Bernardo, Umberto; Nugnes, Francesco; Gualtieri, Liberata; Nicoletti, Rosario; Varricchio, Paola; Sasso, Raffaele; Viggiani, Gennaro (6 June 2018). "A New Gall Midge Species of Asphondylia (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Inducing Flower Galls on Clinopodium nepeta (Lamiaceae) From Europe, Its Phenology, and Associated Fungi". Environmental Entomology. 47 (3): 609–622. doi:10.1093/ee/nvy028. PMID 29534165. Retrieved 14 March 2023.

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.

External links

  • "Diptera.info".
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